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US Naval Community College launches health science program

WEBSailors interested in studying health science may now submit their application with the U.S. Naval Community College.. The U.S. Naval Community …

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Navy seeks to beef up suicide prevention funding in fiscal year 2025

WEBAltogether, the Navy is requesting $122 million in mental health resources for sailors in fiscal 2025 — an increase from $70 million requested in fiscal 2024. In …

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Navy unveils new culture campaign to show ‘what right looks like’

WEBThe Navy rolled out a new effort this month to reframe Navy culture and provide leaders the right tools to understand their sailors better. The so-called “Culture …

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It’s official: Here’s how troops can file military medical malpractice

WEBAir Force: Claims should be presented either at the Office of the Staff Judge Advocate at the nearest Air Force Base, or sent by mail to AFLOA/JACC, 1500 W …

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Are more mental health resources in store for limited-duty sailors

WEBThe measure would require mental health provider billets, including medical officers, chaplains, and civilian mental health providers, for any units with 15 or more …

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Women in the Navy, Marines most likely to use IUDs, birth control

WEBThe Defense Health Agency’s Medical Surveillance Monthly Report found that active-duty women serving as sailors and Marines had the highest rates of LARC …

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Navy issues new ‘playbook’ for addressing sailors’ mental health …

WEBSailors man the rails aboard the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford in June 2021. (Navy) The Navy released a “Mental Health Playbook” Tuesday that aims to facilitate …

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Op-ed: Eradicate the stigma of mental health care

WEBLastly, if my story resonates with you, as a nuclear surface warfare officer who’s wrestled with depression and lived with the effects of severe mental illness and gone on to have a successful

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Why is Big Navy mum on mental health care shortages, long wait …

WEBA shortage of Navy mental health providers and long wait times was made personal by Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Russell Smith during his leaked all …

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Navy stands up sailor quality-of-life reforms in Newport News …

WEBIncluded in the changes are expanding health-care and Wi-Fi access for sailors, guaranteed off-ship and off-shipyard housing, and better parking.

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Sailors and Marines with PTSD or other trauma to have their …

WEBBy Diana Stancy. Feb 17, 2022. A federal judge has approved a final settlement in the class-action lawsuit Manker v. Del Toro. The Navy has agreed to review the discharges …

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VA patient numbers jump after efforts to improve medical access

WEBSince March 5, all veterans who served in the Vietnam War, the Gulf War, or any combat zone after Sept. 11, 2001, are eligible to enroll directly in VA health care …

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Navy vows quality of life reforms for carrier sailors in shipyards

WEBThe report presented 48 recommendations to the Navy, including beefing up mental health resources, improving parking options and other basic amenities, and …

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Three deployments. Two mental health visits. One attempted …

WEBDec 13, 2022. A junior sailor assigned to the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln alleges that his command tried to kick him out of the Navy when he sought mental health help last …

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It ‘keeps us awake’: Navy leaders say sailor suicides are huge concern

WEB“Mental health is a vexing problem for us,” Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike Gilday said Tuesday at the annual Surface Navy Association conference.

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Doggone deployment: Navy carriers em-‘bark’ mental health pups

WEBMachinist’s Mate 2nd Class Christian Bryner, assigned to the guided missile cruiser Normandy, spends time with Sage, aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford’s facility dog, …

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Navy will reevaluate discharge upgrade applications for sailors

WEBMeanwhile, those whose upgrade decisions were issued before March 2, 2012 — dating back to Oct. 7, 2001 — are eligible to reapply for an upgrade to honorable.

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A troubled sailor was ‘underdiagnosed’ by mental health officials

WEBFor those other meetings, Romero talked to an unlicensed E-5 corpsman serving as a behavioral health technician, doing the delicate work of mental health care …

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Mental health not costing many troops security clearances, data …

WEBOf the nearly 5.4 million security clearances that DCSA has adjudicated since 2012, just 1.8% involved psychological conditions, according to the agency. And officials have denied or revoked DOD

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