Last week, President Barack Obama made a commitment to U.S. troops and their families, through the federal effort “Strengthening Our Military Families: Meeting America’s Commitment”. The initiative promises that government agencies will do the following, as shared in a news article on the Department of Defense website: enhance the well-being and psychological health of the [...]

January 28, 2011 marks the 25th anniversary of the explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger, which broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, killing all seven of its crew members. A memorial ceremony marking the anniversary was held last Friday at the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) Visitor Complex in Cape Canaveral, Florida, as shared in [...]

The Pentagon has unveiled the training plan for ending the “don’t ask, don’t tell policy of the military, according to a feature on the Navy Times. During a briefing conducted on Friday, officials outlined the training programs that will prepare both active-duty and reserve forces for the new law. The programs include the following, as [...]

National cemeteries operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs emerged on top in an independent customer satisfaction survey for the fourth consecutive time in ten years, according to a feature on the VA website. VA national cemeteries outranked top corporations and other federal agencies in the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). ACSI is “the only [...]

Pain is undoubtedly one of the things that service members have to endure at one point or another. Unfortunately, chronic pain can bring about another undesirable effect, on top of physical discomfort: dependency on pain killers. This is an issue that has been recognized by the military, and in order to drive the message home, [...]

According to a report on the Navy website, recent statistics have indicated an increase in the use of such designer drugs as “Spice” in the Navy, in the last quarter of 2010; this has become a cause of concern for Navy leadership. Adm. John C. Harvey, Commander, U.S. Fleet Forces Command, said: “The number of [...]