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Navy Set to Implement ‘Brandon Act’ Mental Health Reforms

Sailors assigned to the USS George H.W. Bush (CVN-77) look for foreign object debris on the flight deck after a replenishment-at-sea with the Supply-class fast combat support ship USNS Arctic (T-AOE-8) on Feb. 17, 2023. US Navy Photo

A set of new policies offering more confidentiality to sailors seeking mental health care was approved by Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro this week, USNI News has learned.

The policies, the results of the Brandon Act, named for Aviation Electrician’s Mate 3rd...

https://news.usni.org/2023/07/11/navy-set-to-implement-brandon-act-mental-health-reforms

Report to Pentagon on Culture of Flag, General Officers Across Services

The following is the RAND Corporation report, Raising the Flag Implications of U.S. Military Approaches to General and Flag Officer Development.

From the report

The 2018 National Defense Strategy directed the U.S. Department of Defense to rethink how it prepares and leverages its personnel to confront emerging global security challenges, particularly with regard to education and strategic decisionmaking. To help understand whether military leadership might need to change to better serve national...

https://news.usni.org/2020/08/12/report-to-pentagon-on-culture-of-flag-general-officers-across-services