In the space of three months, the U.S. Navy has been hit with two major scandals that have put a spotlight on its poor treatment of junior sailors. Compared with other recent Navy scandals like ...

The vast majority of blast exposure for Navy SEALs comes from firing their own weapons, not from enemy action. The damage pattern suggested that years of training intended to make SEALs exceptional… ...

A version of this article appears in print on June 30, 2024, Section A, Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: Navy SEALs Lost to Suicide Share a Pattern of Brain Damage.