There are three general categories of military people: active duty (full-time soldiers and sailors), reserve & guard forces (usually work a civilian job but can be called to full-time military duty), and veterans and retirees (past members of the military). And of course, there are the m...
Experts estimate that 60 percent of men and 50 percent of women will experience at least one trauma within their lifetimes [source: U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs]. No one can anticipate tragic events like almost losing your life when a speeding SUV t-bones your car while driving through ...
“As bishop of the Diocese of Wichita, where Father Emil Kapaun was ordained and served and where he is now entombed in the Cathedral, I join his family, our diocesan family, parishioners in Pilsen, his brother priests, men and women in the armed forces, past, present and future, and in...
People who have already undergone one traumatic experience and then suffer another are more likely to develop PTSD than a person who experiences a single trauma. Why? A class of hormones in the brain called glucocorticoids help control our response to stress, and after a traumatic experience, ...
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Where Are These Military Men and Women Stationed? The U.S. operates in more than 100 countries, including the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, Bahrain, Brazil, South Korea, Australia, Afghanistan, Iraq and Japan. Interested in Joining the Military?
The United States Marines live by a set of enduring Core Values that form the bedrock of our warriors’ character. It’s a privilege to be called a Marine. Generation after generation, courageous men and women have given special meaning to the title. These same men and women live by a se...
There were about a thousand men, women and children in the two groups, most being recent immigrants, unaccustomed to the frontier, and scantily equipped for bad weather. A cascade of miscalculations by the various authorities at either end of the trail, bad decisions by leaders in the ...
This year in military history was significant for women in the military, marking the first time they were admitted to service academies. More than 300 women entered, including 119 women at West Point alone. [Pictured: Women in the Air Force, or WAFs, and staff at the I.G. Brown Training...
Franklin proposed shipping crates of venomous American rattlesnakes to London, where they could slither happily through the city's parks, "but particularly in the gardens of the prime ministers, the lords of trade and members of Parliament, for to them we are most particularly obliged." 'Join,...