Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a serious mental illness that affects current and former military service members at a disproportionately higher rate than the civilian population. Prior studies have shown that PTSD symptoms follow multiple trajectories in civilians and military personnel. The current study examines whether the trajectories of PTSD symptoms of veterans separated from th...

Using survey data from large national samples of military and civilian households, this analysis provides evidence on the differences in financial decision-making and outcomes between comparable civilian and military members, between members of the military Services (Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines) and between members of the Service components (Active Duty, Reserves and National Guard). I fi...

INTRODUCTION Among veterans, having been selected into the military and having easy access to medical care during and after military service may reduce premature mortality but not morbidity from mental distress and may not improve health-related quality of life. The objective of this study was to determine whether veterans in different racial/ethnic groups differ in their health-related quality...

For military children and their families, the economic news is mostly good. After a period of steady pay increases, James Hosek and Shelley MacDermid Wadsworth write, service members typically earn more than civilians with a comparable level of education. Moreover, they receive many other benefits that civilians often do not, including housing allowances, subsidized child care, tuition assistan...

BACKGROUND Approximately 5% of combat-related injuries include burns. Previous studies have shown similar mortality rates between military and civilian burn casualties; but causes of death were not detailed. STUDY DESIGN We retrospectively reviewed autopsy reports of patients with burns treated at the US Army Institute of Surgical Research Burn Center from 2004 to 2007. RESULTS Of 1,255 adm...

Clinical Governance Principles in Operational Primary Care. UK Civilian and military peacetime medical care is increasingly addressing the requirement for clinical governance. This has been defined as “A framework through which organisations are accountable for continuously improving the quality of their services and safeguarding high standards of care by creating an environment in which excell...

Meningococcal disease has historically been associated with military populations, particularly during periods of mobilization. Although the U.S. military has now been engaged in conflicts for nearly a decade, the incidence of meningococcal disease in the U.S. population as a whole has reached historic lows. Despite vaccination of all service members in basic military training, the risk of menin...

T theme for this year’s supplement, ‘‘Partnering for Preparedness,’’serves notice to the nation regarding the urgency to maintain our investment in combat casualty care research, both to benefit our US military service members and to best prepare our nation on the home front. Department of Defense funding primarily seeks to optimize combat casualty care for US service members injured in conflic...

We assessed the prevalence of high body mass index (BMI) in a large cohort of military children. We compared BMI data from electronic medical records of military children aged 2 to 18 years with BMI data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). The 23,778 military children studied were significantly less likely than the NHANES children to be overweight (27.1% vs 31.8%...

Civilian–military cooperation builds understanding of the ocean, Earth, and climate change benefits national security.