'Complex' Veterans Crisis Line Calls Passed Off to Undertrained Responders, Watchdog Report Finds In response to the GAO findings, the VA promised to assess the outcomes of calls to the complex unit compared to the main...
Tricking Veterans: Using Suicide and Mental Health Struggles as a Guise for Privatizing the VA While attention remains focused on the looming crisis of Department of Veterans Affairs employees facing termination, an even...
Navy Unit Commanders Fall Short in Suicide Crisis Planning, Watchdog Finds The service meets standards for collecting data on suicide prevention and response, but nearly 30% of commanders didn't have...
Veterans Fight to Fast-Track Study of 'Lifesaving' Psychedelic Therapy A month after the treatment, study participants experienced on average an 88% reduction in PTSD symptoms, 87% reduction in...
A Navy Veteran Is Determined to Find His Own Way Through PTSD—Without VA Each appointment with VA was another nail sealing the coffin shut, suffocating any hope that they could help me.
Grief Is Never Easy, but Military Families Can Bear Added Burdens The death of a loved one is never easy, but survivors who've lost someone in the armed services experience it in ways others...
Veterans Crisis Line Employees Were Caught in Mass Firings. A New Bill Aims for Staff Protections. The bill comes after the Department of Veterans Affairs acknowledged in a letter to senators last month that 24 support...
Job Cuts Delay Pentagon Plans to Expand Work to Prevent Sex Assaults and Suicides Plans for a prevention workforce to address that broader spectrum of issues began in 2022, when sexual assaults and suicides...
In One of the Marines' Most Iconic Jobs, a Stunning Pattern of Suicide Marine Corps drill instructors are a national symbol of discipline. But for some, their imposing persona belies a dark...
VA Research on Cancer, Suicide Prevention, Toxic Exposure at Risk from Federal Hiring Freeze Hundreds of Department of Veterans Affairs medical research projects are being threatened by a hiring freeze across the...
Army Disbanding Most Ceremonial Horse Units The Army will begin phasing out five horse-mounted ceremonial units stationed at Fort Irwin, California; Fort Huachuca...
Coast Guard Receives Unprecedented $25 Billion Infusion Under Sweeping 'Big Beautiful Bill' The service will receive funding for more ships, helicopters and unmanned systems and maintenance of installations and...
Navy SEAL Veteran Compares Himself to Trump as He Launches His Bid for Wisconsin Governor A suburban Milwaukee businessman, former Navy SEAL and political newcomer entered Wisconsin's race for governor Wednesday...
Marine Recruiters Promoted an Immigration Benefit Until the Corps Told Them to Stop The military often highlights paths to citizenship as a recruiting tactic, though fulfillment of policies such as PIP has...
Army Policy Severely Limiting Shaving Waivers Goes into Effect Troops will be granted short-term shaving exemptions if they require it, but will be removed from the service if they are on...