The Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs have launched an extensive outreach campaign following increasing evidence of potential health risks to troops resulting from exposure to blasts from their own weapons. This initiative comes in response to revelations by The New York Times about brain injuries suffered by troops due to intense weapons fire. The government has contacted thousands of veterans, informed veterans’ services offices in all 50 states about potential injuries, and established a website offering the latest research on blast exposure and a fact sheet on recognizing associated brain injuries.