BattlelandMilitary Mental Health
Military Medicine is the monthly journal of the Association of the Military Surgeons of the United States, and has long been one of my go-to outfits, tackling the difficulties of doing good medicine in austere places.
Its …
When the phrase PTSD surfaces, it’s always linked to individuals – usually troops returning from a war zone with the anxiety and hyper-awareness found among those with post-traumatic stress disorder.
But there’s a …
BattlelandMilitary Justice
The U.S. military calls it “NJP” – non-judicial punishment. Civilians might liken it to a slap on the wrist, but it generally marks the end of the military career of anyone subject to it.
On Monday, the Pentagon announced …
Just in time for the seventh anniversary of Katrina, Isaac barrels up the Gulf to a region that has learned to take storms seriously
BattlelandAfghanistan
…at least that’s Monday’s “green-on-blue” score per this latest press announcement from the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan.
The two soldiers killed in Laghman province were Americans.
This is …
BattlelandMilitary Health
Louis H. Smith IV has been an Army combat medic for a decade, and currently is serving in Afghanistan as the medical officer for the 4th Squadron, 73rd Cavalry Regiment. He argues, in a recent post on Small Wars Journal, that …
BattlelandSpecial Operations
If Rupert Murdoch’s Sun newspaper can defy British royalty by publishing pictures of a naked Prince Harry, why should we be surprised when a Navy SEAL bares all in an upcoming book on the raid last year that killed Osama bin …
BattlelandVeterans
How should we keep veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, and/or hearing loss from getting shot from altercations with police?
Police are increasingly the first responders for responding to …
BattlelandAfghanistan
There are growing doubts about the chances of success for the U.S.-initiated war in Afghanistan. Rarely are opposing views crystallized as sharply as they were over the weekend: Marine General John Allen, the top U.S. commander …
