The United States Navy, in keeping with its commitment to provide resources for 21st Century Sailors and Marines, has developed two operational stress control mobile training teams (OSC MTT). The teams will deliver OSC Leader and OSC Front Line Supervisor training to Navy commands. The OSC Leader course, which lasts for six hours, is designed [...]

Service members who suffered from severe injuries outside of the combat theater will be receiving retroactive payments, under the Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance Traumatic Injury Protection Program. The program is for troops who were injured from October 7, 2001 and November 30, 2005. The benefit may be worth $25,000 to $100,000 per Veteran. Eric K. [...]

A feature on the Navy Times shared good news for service members who are suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other related problems, such as depression, anxiety and substance abuse. OASIS – which stands for Overcoming Adversity and Stress Injury Support – is a 10-week residential treatment program, said to be the first of [...]

Leaving the war zone and going back to private life does not necessarily mean leaving the horrors of war behind for some combat veterans. After serving their country, one can only hope that the traumatic experiences of war can be left behind; this is not possible, however, for some of our service members, who have [...]

Post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is essentially defined as a medical condition characterized by severe anxiety that is developed after going through a psychologically traumatic event. Looking at the disease from such an encompassing definition it is clear that it is a condition that is not exactly specific to those who serve in the military; [...]