Inspector General report on TBI evaluations, more veterans qualify for benefits and submariners want Congress to make it easier to claim benefits.
Team members assigned to the Defense Health Agency's Warfighter Readiness, Performance and Brain Health initiative hosted an end user touchpoint at Camp Lejeune, N.C., to assess new capabilities for evaluating traumatic brain injuries on the battlefield.
A Tennessee Bureau of Investigation probe is underway after National Guard soldiers, deployed as part of a federal anti-crime task force, shot and killed an armed man during a foot pursuit in Memphis.
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Tennessee National Guard soldiers, assisting Memphis police as part of the Memphis Safe Task Force, fatally shot 20-year-old Tyrin Johnson after he allegedly turned a weapon toward them during a foot pursuit early Sunday morning. The incident occurred in downtown Memphis on Sunday while officers and soldiers were responding to reports of gunfire. DETAIL: The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is now leading the inquiry into the shooting, collecting evidence and interviewing witnesses before presenting findings to the District Attorney General. The Memphis Safe Task Force, established by the Trump administration in September, is a multiagency initiative targeting violent street crime and includes various…Open
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The Defense Health Agency Operational Medical Systems Program Management Office helps mature the development of traumatic brain injury detection capabilities and accelerates the successful completion of the Traumatic Brain Injury Field Assessment Program.
Joshua Wayne Metcalf, 48, is wanted for escaping from the Hancock County Jail in northeast Tennessee, the Hancock County Sheriff's Department said on Thursday.
The suicide rate for veterans with a recent diagnosis of traumatic brain injury was 94% higher; the rate among homeless veterans was 146% higher.