ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. – A little over a year ago, in June 2022, the Department of Defense launched the Warfighter Brain Health Initiative to bring together the operational and medical ...
Defense Department leaders on Friday unveiled a series of new steps designed to protect troops from blast overpressure injuries related to weapons use, including new restrictions on how close trainers ...
The Pentagon last week announced steps that it's taking to address military brain injuries by minimizing the risks associated with blast overpressure. As part of the U.S. Department of Defense's (DOD) ...
A new congressional measure could require that the military services assign blast safety officers to help enforce safety rules and teach troops about the health risks of blast overpressure caused by ...
The Pentagon would be required to better protect troops from the effects of weapons blasts by assigning dedicated blast safety officers across every branch of the military under a provision in the ...
Soldiers fire mortars in support of operations in Laghman Province, Afghanistan, in March 2019. (Sgt. Jordan Trent/Army) Defense Department leaders on Friday unveiled a series of new steps designed to ...