According the just released 2005 survey of military health behaviors, young servicemembers in particular are prone to heavy drinking but overall smoking and use of illegal drugs is down. And, more military members are overweight. However, top Pentagon health official, William Winkenwerder, says that, war stress aside, servicemembers have “quite good” health compared to US civilians.
A single-pallet-sized tactical operations center is slated to begin shipping to 70 Air Force units by the end of the year following a recent announcement by the company that made it and the Air Force entity responsible for its development.
