Veterans

USSOCOM Cancer Study

SOCOM Study Finds Special Operations Personnel Face 18% Higher Cancer Risk 

June 4, 2026 Guest 0

Story by Special Operations Association of America. Results from a study commissioned by the U.S. Special Operations Command found that members of the SOF community are facing cancer at a rate 18 percent higher than their conventional forces counterparts. The Special Operations Association of America has long highlighted the health effects that SOF personnel experience due to exposures during training and deployment cycles.

TMS Treatment for PTSD

TMS Shows Early Promise for Treating Treatment-Resistant PTSD in Veterans

May 28, 2026 Guest 0

A growing number of researchers are exploring alternatives to conventional psychotropic medications and talk therapy, including neuromodulation-based interventions. Recently, researchers revealed promising results for a new method modeled after a treatment for depression and OCD called Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS).

Special Operators Transition Foundation (SOTF)

SOTF – Helping SOF Veterans Transition

September 17, 2025 Lindsey Schmidt 0

By Lindsey Schmidt. When special operators leave the military, they don’t just walk away from a career. They walk away from an identity, a brotherhood, a mission. The Special Operators Transition Foundation (SOTF) exists to help them find the next one. Founded […]

DOL Foundation

DOL Foundation – Helping Those Who Have Served

September 27, 2023 Guest 0

The DOL Foundation is a national non-profit dedicated to professionally developing military service members, veterans, first responders, and spouses, no matter if they are currently serving or prior service. The Foundation is wholly donor-driven, with as close to 100% of […]

K2 Vets have high rates of cancer. VA no help.

K2 Vets, Cancer, and the VA

February 15, 2020 John Friberg 0

The U.S. military occupied a base known as “K2” (Karshi-Khanabad Airbase) in southern Uzbekistan from 2001 to 2005. This was a former Soviet base where chemical weapons and hazardous materials were stored and hazardous waste buried. There is increasing evidence […]