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An armor officer at Fort Carson, Colorado, this week issued a new set of policies to his formation effectively banning soldiers from seeking mental health care, dental treatment and legal counsel in the early morning hours to cement time for exercising, according to a copy of the memo reviewed by Military.com. "Soldiers are not authorized to schedule appointments before 0900," Lt. Col. Andrew Boyd, commander of 4th Squadron, 10th Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, said in a memo Tuesday. "This restriction applies to medical, dental, behavioral health, and other types of appointments." (Beynon, 11/29)

A grieving father who lost his son -- an airman at Cannon Air Force Base in New Mexico -- to suicide this month has written an open letter to the service's leadership, as well as the Joint Chiefs chairman and defense secretary, pleading for the military to confront alarming numbers of suicides within the ranks. (Novelly, 11/28)

Veterans and first responders with brain injuries have a new facility for treatment in Willow Grove. The MossRehab Institute for Brain Health is now in its new stand-alone facility. Patients said having everything under one roof is more than just convenient. Eric Seibert, a veteran, is now in art therapy at the MossRehab Institute for Brain Health. "Thoughts and expressions come a lot easier," Seibert said. Seibert, who was in the Army, has brain injuries from bomb explosions in Iraq. (Stahl, 11/29)