U.S. Air Force Capt. Colin Merrin of Santee is making his final push to summit Mount Everest. If he and his team of fellow airmen climbers succeed, they will become the first group of active-duty U.S. military to reach the top of the world's highest peak.

Merrin is part of the USAF Seven Summits Challenge team. According to the team's blog, the climbers arrived at Camp ...

The more Traumatic Brain Injuries suffered by a service member, the higher his or her risk of suicide, according to a new study by the National Center for Veterans Studies at the University of Utah.

Researchers looked at a survey of 161 service members who served in the Iraq War. They found that troops' risk of suicidal thoughts jumped with the number of TBIs they suffered - and that risk increased ...

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has ordered all military sexual assault responders and military recruiters be retrained, re-credentialed, and rescreened - his response to news that the Army is investigating a sergeant who was a sexual assault prevention and response coordinator at Fort Hood, Texas for sexual abuse.

The Army announced Tuesday it is investigating the sergeant for "pandering, abusive sexual contact, assault and maltreatment of subordinates."

Ironically:

The soldier had been ...

New research links Agent Orange exposure to a lethal, aggressive form of prostate cancer in Vietnam War veterans.

Dr. Mark Garzotto of the Portland Veterans Administration Medical Center conducted the study to expand on previous research that only showed Agent Orange exposure as a possible risk factor for certain types of prostate cancer.

Garzotto's new analysis shows a link between Agent Orange exposure and the most life-threatening type of ...

Ever since canine post-traumatic stress disorder became an accepted diagnosis for some military working dogs, veterinarians have been trying to figure out how to treat it.

Military veterinarian Maj. Andrew McGraw uses a combination of anti-anxiety medication and desensitization therapy - similar treatment to what humans with PTSD receive.

Army dog handler Sgt. Jon Silvey, based at Fort Carson in Colorado, brought his MWD Turbo to McGraw for help. Denver television ...

U.S. Air Force Capt. Colin Merrin of Santee is a step closer to fulfilling his dream of summiting Mount Everest.

Merrin, a GPS satellite operations mission commander, is part of an Air Force team participating in a 50-day journey to climb Mount Everest.

If they summit, USAF Seven Summits Challenge team members would become the first group of active-duty U.S. service members to reach the top of the ...

A new Pentagon report shows sexual assault in the military has jumped 35 percent since 2010.

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is holding a news conference today to discuss the survey, called the fiscal 2012 Annual Report on Sexual Assault in the Military.

USA Today was provided an advance summary of the report. According to the newspaper's website, roughly one in 16 female service members was the victim of a ...

Military judge Lt. Col. Leon Francis convicted a Camp Pendleton Marine on Wednesday of attempted adultery and obstruction of justice, even though the woman says she was raped by the Marine with whom she supposedly attempted adultery.

The Associated Press reports Francis did not give an explanation as to why he convicted the Marine, a staff sergeant with 17 years in the Corps, of the charges. Because of the conviction ...

Troops used possibly toxic burn pits to destroy waste on a U.S. military base in Afghanistan instead of $5 million worth of incinerators because those incinerators were never made operational, according to a new report by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction.

The SIGAR report finds that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded a $5.4 million contract to a Turkish company to construct and install ...

A Marine who lost both legs in combat recently visited the hospital room of Celeste Corcoran, who is now also a double amputee as a result of the Boston Marathon bombings.

The Marine walked into the room on his prosthetic legs, and explained to Corcoran that while the road ahead will be tough, there is a whole new life awaiting her once she recovers. He told her:

"This isn't ...

From U.S. Department of Defense:

The Army released suicide data today for the month of March 2013. During March, among active-duty soldiers, there were 10 potential suicides: three have been confirmed as suicides and seven remain under investigation. For February 2013, the Army reported 11 potential suicides among active-duty soldiers; four have been confirmed as suicides and seven are under investigation. For 2013, there have been 41 potential active-duty ...

The bombs that made Boston look like a combat zone have also brought battlefield medicine to their civilian victims. A decade of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan has sharpened skills and scalpels, leading to dramatic advances that are now being used to treat the 13 amputees and nearly a dozen other patients still fighting to keep damaged limbs.

"The only field or occupation that benefits from war is medicine," said ...

U.S. Air Force Capt. Colin Merrin, a GPS satellite operations mission commander from Santee in San Diego County, is part of an Air Force team participating in a 50-day journey to climb Mount Everest.

The USAF Seven Summits Challenge team hopes to summit in mid-May, and become the first group of active-duty U.S. service members to reach the top of Everest.

Team co-founder Capt. Rob Marshall made a ...

A team of 15 National Guard soldiers wearing 40-pound packs on their backs marched in the Boston Marathon to honor service members who lost their lives to suicide or combat. When two bombs went off after they finished their race, "Tough Ruck" team members used their military training to aid the injured.

As Home Post reported Tuesday, Carlos Arredondo was at the Boston Marathon finish line to cheer on team ...

The father of a Camp Pendleton Marine whose road rage was caught on video has talked to "Inside Edition."

Dr. Peter Brightman said in an interview that his son, Sgt. Joshua Brightman, suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder triggered by two deployments to Afghanistan.

Dr. Brightman said the road rage incident prompted Sgt. Brightman to seek counseling for his issues.

Brightman said of his son's behavior on the video...

“I ...