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The Department of Veterans Affairs will fund a study on psychedelic-assisted therapy, including the use of MDMA, for veterans suffering from behavioral health issues like post-traumatic stress disorder and alcohol abuse, officials announced Tuesday morning.
The study will be the first time since the 1960s that the VA is funding research to explore the use of psychedelic therapy. In a release on the new study, the VA described MDMA as “a psychedelic compound believed to increase emotional openness, reduce fear, and promote introspection during therapy.
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Francis Walter, a veteran from Virginia, blamed data brokers when the Department of Veterans Affairs and the Social Security Administration could not verify his identity….
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President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet picks may reflect veterans’ desire for accountability after two decades of war.
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“God willing,” the militant told his lieutenants, they would “be able to celebrate Eid al-Fitr in Aleppo and Damascus soon.” That militant was Abu Muhammad al-Jawlani, the leader of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham — the Islamist coalition that took Aleppo by storm last week. As it turns out, his remarks — delivered in April to the leaders of his group’s militant wing — were not mere whimsy. He had a plan. And Eid al-Fitr is still four months away.
U.S. Special Operations Command is setting up a new avenue for onboarding software capabilities, the Defense Department announced Monday.
SOCOM’s acquisition, technology and logistics directorate is launching a commercial solutions opening to support the program executive office for SOF digital applications, according to a special notice posted on Sam.gov.
The move comes as the Pentagon is looking to acquire capabilities faster and bring non-traditional industry partners into the fold.
The Navy will allow sailors who score high on their annual fitness test but might be carrying a few extra pounds to forgo extra physical training requirements as the services change their understanding of what being “fit” actually looks like.
“The goal of the Navy’s physical readiness program is to maintain a minimum prescribed level of fitness necessary for worldwide deployment and to maintain a sailor’s long-term health and wellness,” William Speaks, spokesperson for the Chief of Naval Personnel said in an email. “Body composition is just one aspect of that.