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Mental Health Support in the Army National Guard: Maintaining Mental Resilience

In today’s post, I’d like to discuss mental health support in the Army National Guard. I think it’s best if I take a moment to define mental health before I dive too deep into this topic. Mental health includes our emotional, psychological, and social well-being. It affects how we think, feel, and act, and helps …

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Army Cyber Awareness Program Overview

As a person who works on the internet consistently, I completely understand the importance of being cyber aware. There are thieves, trolls, hackers and spammers roaming the internet jungle and many would love to get into the heart of the military web presence. The title of this post could be slightly misleading because when it …

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Army Casualty Assistance Officer: Their Duties and Responsibilities

In today’s post, we are going to discuss a position in the United States Army that takes a person with special talents and skills. This position has the title of Casualty Assistance Officer. We are going to talk about this person’s many duties and responsibilities, and also the qualifications needed to become a Casualty Assistance …

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PTSD War: How to Deal With It

Soldiers deal with many challenges during deployment, but the battle often does not end once they return home. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) affects 1 in 5 of those who deploy to Iraq or Afghanistan. Battlefield injuries, close proximity to explosions, witnessing death, and the constant fear of being attacked, coupled with the adjusting to being …

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