Frequently asked questions about the Warfighter Brain Health Initiative

The Defense Department released requirements meant to help manage the risks to brain health from blast overpressure, which can be generated by weapons systems such as howitzers, mortars and shoulder-mounted weapons. The policy memorandum, signed by Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks, aligns squarely with the department's warfighter brain health ...

Service members are often exposed to a variety of hazards in combat, training, or daily activities, on and off duty, including situations that may affect their vision.

How treatable is concussion? TBICoE's Clinical Affairs Section Chief, Dr. Stephanie Maxfield-Panker, explains. Although most patients with mild TBI recover with little to no intervention, sometimes symptoms of concussion last beyond the first three months after injury. To learn more, visit health.mil/TBIProviders.

Deputy Secretary of Defense: “The health and wellbeing of our Service members and civilian personnel are crucial to maintaining the U.S. military's status as the most capable and ready fighting force in the world.”

The Warfighter Brain Health for Leaders Training video is an essential resource for enhancing the Department of Defense's Warfighter Brain Health Initiative. It empowers military leaders with strategies for preventing, protecting against, and managing brain injuries. Additionally, the video enhances leaders' abilities to assess and recognize symptoms ...

Despite the continued development of munitions that create new types of blast fragments that can injure eyes, evidence indicates decreasing rates of eye injuries in the military.

The NICoE is a Department of Defense organization and the senior member of Defense Intrepid Network for Traumatic Brain Injury and Brain Health. The NICoE is dedicated to improving the lives of patients and families affected by traumatic brain injury (TBI) through collaborative efforts with patients, families, referring providers, and researchers.

This video will introduce you to how people with blindness or low vision can access information and be productive using assistive technology; and will present different types of software, specialized devices, and widely available options that may help them access information to be productive and efficient, and get back doing the things they want to do.

This video will introduce you to how people with blindness or low vision move through their environment by presenting some orientation and mobility skills, techniques, and tools that may help them travel in ways that are safe and efficient.

This video will introduce you to how people with blindness or low vision can access information and be productive using assistive technology; and will present different types of software, specialized devices, and widely available options that may help them access information to be productive and efficient, and get back doing the things they want to do.

This video will introduce you to how people with blindness or low vision move through their environment by presenting some orientation and mobility skills, techniques, and tools that may help them travel in ways that are safe and efficient.