A sailor tries out Headspace during a presentation about the mental health care app at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, Feb. 5, 2026. (Jonathan Baez/Stars and Stripes)
The U.S. Navy has expanded its partnership with the mental health app Headspace to a handful of overseas installations, extending free access to coaching and mindfulness tools for sailors and their families.
The program is available to eligible sailors and their invited family/loved ones at select pilot sites,” Headspace spokeswoman Lexi Herosian told Stars and Stripes by email Wednesday. “This can be anyone in the sailor’s support network; it does not need to follow the sailor’s Page 2.”
A Page 2, also known as NAVPERS 1070/602, records data about a sailor’s dependents and emergency contact information.
Headspace offers video- and text-based coaching sessions with mental health care professionals who are nationally board certified, as well as artificial intelligence-powered tools focused on meditation and mindfulness, according to a mission statement on the company’s website.
The Navy’s partnership with Headspace began in February 2025 as a pilot program at three stateside installations: Naval Air Station Lemoore, Calif.; Naval Submarine Base New London, Conn.; and Naval Base Kitsap, Wash.
The pilot’s second phase expands access to three installations outside the continental United States: Naval Station Pearl Harbor, Hawaii; Naval Support Activity Naples, Italy; and Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan.
To enroll, eligible participants must register through a Navy-specific Headspace portal. A Department of Defense ID number and the name of the participant’s home installation are required.
“The locations for the pilot program were selected based on geographical and operational area demands and tempo,” Lt. Kathryn Cole, spokesperson for the Chief of Naval Personnel, said by email Thursday. “The pilot program’s success will be determined by several factors including the number of Sailors who participate in the pilot, Sailor feedback and cost effectiveness.”
About 12 percent of sailors at the first three pilot bases enrolled in the program, Cole wrote.
The overseas rollout follows the conclusion in January of the Navy’s spiritual awareness month, during which the service offered relationship workshops, yoga classes, canine therapy and mindfulness seminars to sailors across the force.
