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Not all heroes wear capes; some wear MOPP gears.

The US Army is expanding its hair guidelines to be more inclusive toward those who wear their hair in braids, locs, or twists.

Army STARRS Historical Administrative Data Study (HADS): Looking at the Past The Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (Army STARRS) is an unprecedented research study focusing on factors that affect a soldier’s risk of suicide. In order to get a complete picture of Army life, the study’s five main components look at both new and existing data. The New Soldier Study and All Army Study collect survey data directly from soldier volunteers while the Historical Administrati...

Each Army STARRS component is designed to capture a snapshot of soldiers’ experiences in different jobs and at different phases of Army service. The All Army Study (AAS) component will let the research team learn about active duty soldiers.

Army STARRS New Soldier Study (NSS): The First Days of Service The New Soldier Study (NSS) is one of five main parts of the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (Army STARRS). Data from the NSS component help the research team learn more about the men and women who chose to enter the military as they begin their Army careers. To capture this information, soldiers were asked, in their first hours of initial entry training, to consider volunteering for Army STARRS. Data col...

Military suicides in COVID era hit a new high FacebookTwitterEmail Mayra Beltran /Chronicle Suicides across the armed services rose sharply in the first year of the coronavirus, hitting a record 571 deaths in 2020, but a Pentagon official and others say the stress of the pandemic isn’t the likely culprit. Just what is behind the steady rise during years of Defense Department efforts to reduce self-inflicted deaths baffles experts, a mystery nowhere near being solved. The latest mark, released...

Army of soldiers mental health issues. and what theyre looking at specifically is what are the mental health conditions that people bring into the army when they enlist? very, very important, but often overlooked part of this whole story. what they found is that about one out of five soldiers who enlist in the army have some kind of existing mental health issue. adhd, for example. anxiety, depression. those kinds of things. fairly common ailments. but what was really disturbing is they found tha...

Gregg: well the pentagon is now testing a new program now that women have the same opportunities to serve in combat as men. military commanders are turning to science to find the best soldier for the job. jonathan serrie live in our atlanta bureau with more. jonathan? >> hi, gregg. well the army wants to develop an objective test, given at the recruit phase to determine whether a soldier has the physical capabilities of serving in a combat role. the timing of this is important because the milita...