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Curley Bonds, the Chief Medical Officer for the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health, joins other state and county officials at a 2019 Suicide Prevention Month event.

A Lack Of Timely And Accurate Data Is Hampering Efforts To Prevent Veteran Suicide

Some states and cities are trying to improve the quality of data on veteran suicide, which is often incomplete and years old.

Liza Rodewald works from home and co-founded Hire Mad Skills, a job site that places military spouses in remote jobs.

Career, Family, and Frequent Moves: Why Military Spouses Often Struggle to Find Work

Military families move a lot, and that makes it hard for service members’ spouses to hold steady jobs. About half of military spouses are either…

The military abandoned the Naval Air Facility Adak in 1997, and many of its buildings remain standing in disrepair. Some residents of the remote Alaska town hope a revived military interest in the Arctic will bring the military back.

As The Navy Eyes A Thawing Arctic, A Remote Island Town Sees An Opportunity

The Pentagon is preparing for potential missions in newly navigable Arctic seas, raising hopes the military will reinhabit a long-abandoned Navy base on…

Dawn Barrett works with a veteran inquiring about housing at the Seattle Stand Down.

Results Mixed As Veteran Homelessness Deadline Approaches

Shortly after Barack Obama became President in 2009, he announced an ambitious goal -- to end homelessness among military veterans by the end of 2015.…

Sailors at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla. raise a flag to recognize the station's success at retaining personnel. The Navy recognizes units that do a good job keeping sailors in the service.

Struggling To Meet Recruiting Goals, The Navy Will Allow Sailors To Take A Break And Return

As the Navy plans to increase the number of ships, it's looking for new ways to keep sailors in the service, even allowing them to leave for a year and…

Marine Lance Cpl. Richard Carmichael disposes of trash in a burn pit in Afghanistan in this 2013 photo.

'Burn Pits' Pose Possible Health Risk for Troops -- And Pose Challenge for Scientists

So-called "burn pits" were common at U.S. military outposts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Legislation in the Senate would create a center to study the effects…

Airman 1st Class Jack Pepper (with goggles) attempts a maneuver on a simulator while Lt. Col. Paul Vicars looks on. Pepper is among the first participants in Pilot Training Next, which uses off-the-shelf virtual reality technology.

These Air Force Trainees Spend Less Time In the Cockpit, More Time In Flight Simulators

Facing a shortage of pilots, the Air Force is experimenting with ways to make training programs faster and less expensive.In a makeshift classroom in…

Instructor Andy Bershad shows New York National Guard members how to assess a patient. Forty Guard members are training to become EMTs to assist understaffed nursing homes.

In COVID-weary New York, the National Guard is getting medical training to help in nursing homes

In a sign of how desperate some states are for health care workers during the pandemic, New York has begun teaching EMT skills to National Guard members.

Artwork in the office of Dr. Greg Serpa at the West Los Angeles VA includes toy army men in yoga poses.

Teaching Veterans Kindness: VA Embraces Mindfulness, Whole Health

The VA hopes to roll out a national "whole health" program for veterans, offering them acupuncture, tai chi, yoga,and other alternative mental health…

Members of the U.S. Naval Academy Class of 2021 take the oath of office to become Marine Corps second lieutenants during their May graduation and commissioning ceremony.

Amid A 'Stark' Racial Disparity In Military Academy Nominations, Should Congress Be Doing More?

Advocates say more members of Congress should reach out to Black and Latino high school students and make them aware of opportunities at the elite schools.

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