Blast Pressure Injuries May Affect More Than the Brain of Troops, New Data Shows

U.S. Coalition Forces fire an M120 mortar round targeting ISIS in Syria

Data exclusively shared with Military.com from a live-fire mortar exercise by U.S. Army troops indicates that simply standing near mortars can significantly disrupt Autonomic Nervous System, or ANS, functioning within a day to worse levels than seen in concussed college athletes or elderly hospital patients. The data was provided by the doctors behind the Warfighter […]

How Trump's End to Federal Remote Work Could Affect This Alabama Base

An aerial view of the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command on Redstone Arsenal, Alabama

President Donald Trump’s order this week for federal employees to return to in-person work covers tens of thousands of personnel at Redstone Arsenal, though its daily impact might be relatively minimal. Trump’s order on remote work, signed the day he was inaugurated into his second term, stated, “Heads of all departments and agencies in the […]

Supreme Court Accepts GI Bill Case That Could Affect 1.7 Million Veterans

The Supreme Court in Washington

The U.S. Supreme Court has decided to hear a case on the handling of Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits by the Department of Veterans Affairs — a proceeding that could provide additional education benefits for roughly 1.7 million veterans. The court announced Monday that it would hear the case, Rudisill v. McDonough, which argues that service […]