Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. --  A Special Forces noncommissioned officer returned to full active-duty service two and a half years after his hand was amputated to free him from underneath a vehicle before a suicide bomber could strike a deadly blow against he and his team.

Sami Finney started Stroller Warriors, a running group for military wives and their spouses, back in October and wanted to use the NYSA walking path as one of the weekly sites for the club.

As she sat aboard a plane destined for Las Vegas in late February, Sebastiana Lopez-Arellano did everything she could to evict the doubt living in her mind.

Don’t let anyone tell you nothing can be done for the migraines, brain fog, depression, vertigo, fatigue, insomnia and other symptoms after a TBI injury.  Armed with facts, you or a loved one who has been injured can bust through the naysayers and obstructive agencies who tell you just to live with it or not to waste your time.

The word “team” perfectly describes the essence of retired Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Frank Dailey II’s being. 

Investigator James O’Keefe’s video on veteran suicides for Project Veritas asks why an increasing number of military graveyards are being filled with people who died at their own hands rather than in combat. He asserts that VA is unable to treat the underlying causes of veterans’ emotional problems, depending on drug therapies which can mask the problems or have serious side effects that make matters worse.

The United States Department of Veterans Affairs in 2013 released a study addressing suicides from 1999-2010 which reflected that roughly 22 veterans were committing suicide per day, or one every 65 minutes.  Thirty-one percent of these suicides were by veterans 49 and younger while 69 percent were by veterans age 50 and older. “I will say the new statistics - the number is even higher and that is really sad,” said Frank Dailey, a former Air Force Chief Master Sgt. from Navarre who works volunteering with struggling veterans.

The 1st Special Operations Contracting Squadron teamed up with the Air Force Test Center Eglin Operational Contracting Division to conduct a contingency exercise here, Feb. 16-18.

Eglin Air Force Base -- A team of medical data analysts recently visited Eglin Hospital to help the 96th Medical Group discover opportunities and utilize its capabilities to the fullest.