$41,171 and $76,290
According to a recently updated Defense Primer from the Congressional Research Service -- Regular Military Compensation:
For 2023, a mid-grade enlisted servicemember (E-5) received an annual average of $41,171 in basic pay, but an average of $76,290 in RMC.
The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, and useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Availability of Mental Telehealth Services in the US.
● Cumulative trauma load and timing of trauma prior to military deployment differentially influences inhibitory control processing across deployment.
● Women Veterans’ perspectives, experiences, and preferences for firearm lethal means counseling discussions.
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The weekly Research Update contains the latest news, journal articles, and useful links from around the web. Some of this week's topics include:
● Characteristics of Mental Health Specialists Who Shifted Their Practice Entirely to Telemedicine.
● Challenges and Opportunities to Maximize Mental Health among Shipboard Sailors: A Qualitative Study.
● Addressing moral injury in the military.
As providers, we’re trained to do everything we possibly can to prevent suicide. We take continuing education courses, we ask the “right” questions, we provide gun locks, we offer crisis sessions, we collaborate on safety plans, and we document it all. Then we hope and pray that our patients use the tools that we’ve given them and that we don’t receive that dreaded notification. But sometimes all of our best work is not enough.