Story by Warren Wright | Fort Drum MEDDAC | 07.29.2024
To help aid wounded, ill, and injured Soldiers, Fort Drum’s Soldier Recovery Unit hosted the Boulder Crest Foundation’s Struggle Well course July 22-26, 2024. Struggle Well is a comprehensive program that trains Soldiers to transform their struggles into strength and growth so that they can better serve themselves, their families, their community, and their country....
Story by Sgt. Bryann K. Whitley | Marine Forces, Special Operations Command | 09.27.2019
After years of hearing from his wife that he seemed different, with his marriage in turmoil, Master Sgt. Ryan E. Evans, the operations chief for Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command’s Communications Directorate, decided it was time to go speak to a counselor....
Story by Ilka Cole | 96th Test Wing | 09.04.2018
The 96th Medical Group held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of the Air Force's first Invisible Wounds Center Aug. 30. The center will serve as a regional treatment center for post-traumatic stress, traumatic brain injury, associated pain conditions and psychological injuries....
Story by Staff Sgt. P. Behringer | 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division Public Affairs | 06.15.2018
Born of the Army, the “Currahee Brothers” forged lifelong bonds in bloody combat during the Vietnam War, and continue reuniting half a century later. They may appear as simply a group of old veterans congregating in a hotel lobby somewhere outside of Washington, D.C., laughing, joking and telling stories. Instead of celebrating a day of birth, this brotherhood assembles to observe a......
Story by Airman 1st Class Adam Shanks | 6th Air Refueling Wing | 08.11.2017
Medical professionals from United States Special Operations Command and the 6th Medical Group are partnering to provide a new, noninvasive treatment for post-traumatic stress at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. The treatment uses Magnetic Electroencephalogram Resonance Therapy (MeRT,) which is a modified version of repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) and is currently being......
Story by Sgt. 1st Class Shelman Spencer | U.S. Army North | 12.02.2016
Service members who return from deployment step off the plane with additional stressors picked up from being in combat. They struggle with feelings of guilt, anxiety, post-traumatic stress and many other emotional and internal conflicts not seen by the naked eye....
Story by Sgt. Emmanuel Ramos | 1st Marine Division | 11.09.2016
Marines often find themselves in foreign lands fighting to ensure safety at home. This selfless devotion to patriotic duty takes them far away for extended periods of time. Their resilient spirits and sense of brotherhood keep them in good spirits, but nothing excites a Marine more, other than a good fire fight, than receiving a care package from loved ones. This simple act has the ability to......
Story by Staff Sgt. Bryan Dominique | 20th Public Affairs Detachment | 09.26.2014
Suicide, post-traumatic stress, and traumatic brain injury were on the list of discussion topics at the American Lake Conference Center, Wednesday. The 32nd vce chief of staff of the Army, retired Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli, led the discussion with senior leaders from across Joint Base Lewis-McChord....
