Healthcare
Double-Arm Transplant for U.S. Soldier Who Lost Limbs in Iraq
January 28 by Mike O'BrienThe first U.S. soldier to survive after losing both arms and legs in wars in Iraq or Afghanistan has undergone a double-arm transplant. Brendan Marrocco, 26, who lives in Staten Island, New York,...
Behavioral Healthcare Insights from Fort Carson
January 25 by IDGA EditorThe overall mission at Fort Carson, CO, is to ‘conserve the fighting force’. Lieutenant Colonel Charles Weber examines the various behavioral health issues, the difference between tradit...
Navy Introduces Random Blood-Alcohol Tests
January 24 by Mike O'BrienRandom blood-alcohol tests are to be carried out on sailors in the Navy from February, amid concerns about the amount of drinking going on in the service. Under the new rules, any sailor with a bl...
Marines to Get Brain-Calming "Mindfulness" Training
January 22 by Mike O'BrienThey are among the toughest fighters in the world – and now the U.S. Marine Corps is taking its training to another level with new "mindfulness-based" techniques. The training, which begins...
The Inside Battle: Our Military Mental Health Crisis
January 21 by IDGA EditorMarjorie Morrison, Author of 'The Inside Battle: Our Military Mental Health Crisis’ examines the current crisis surrounding military suicides. Drawing on the aims of her book, Majorie highligh...
General Pollock's Plea to those with Vision Loss
January 16 by Gale PollockGeneral Pollock, since you retired from your career in the Army, you’ve been concerned about those with vision loss. Explain to us how you became interested in working with these individua...
Visualizing the Invisible Wounds of War: mTBI & PTSD
January 16 by IDGA EditorThere is a correlation between trauma and the ‘invisible wounds of war’. The U.S has deployed about two million services members to the middle east, of that, it is estimated (by the RAND...
Trauma Care During the Evacuation Chain
January 16 by IDGA EditorFrom the battlefield to the base, trauma care is critically important. It’s simply life and death. Bart Thomas, Clinical Nurse, Neurosurgical ICU, San Antonio Military Medical Center, examines...
"Just because our eyes don’t work does not mean our brains don’t work,' says Pollock
January 16 by IDGA EditorMajor General Gale Pollock speaks passionately to IDGA about vision loss within the military and her plea to those living with vision loss to remain active members of the community. Read on to learn...
Out of the Fire: Into the Fight – Warrior Transition Battalion
January 16 by IDGA EditorIn the following exclusive interview, LTC Michael Cepe, Executive Officer of the Warrior Transition Battalion, examines the diagnosis of those enrolled in the battalion, and explores the various edu...
Military suicides: Alarm as death rates hit record high
January 15 by Mike O'BrienThe Pentagon has released figures that show the suicide rate among military personnel was the highest in 2012 since records began. Last year there were 349 suicides among active-duty troops, up fr...
Resiliency Training Teaching Soldiers it's OK to Say 'I'm Not Ok'
January 09 by IDGA StaffWe often discuss strategies for addressing the symptoms of PTSD, however 'resiliency training' aims to equip soldiers with the skills necessary to building optimism, asking for help, and identifying...