VA Awards $2.7 Million to Community Organizations in Texas Working to Prevent Veteran Suicide The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced several steps in VA's ongoing fight to prevent veteran suicide.
VA Crisis Line's Switch to 988, Press 1, a Success, Watchdog Finds The Department of Veterans Affairs, along with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, adopted 988 as...
Top 10 Things Your Combat Vet Wants You to Know Technically, your warrior may well be a killer, as are his friends. The emotional side of killing in combat is complex. He...
Military Jobs with High Deployment Pace, Blast Exposure Correlated with Higher Suicide Rates, Data Shows Members of the military's combat specialties experienced higher suicide rates than other troops -- and the broader American...
Navy Had Record High Suicides So Far This Year Amid Reports of High Stress, Quality-of-Life Issues The Navy reported a record number of suicides in the first quarter of 2024, again drawing attention to the myriad issues...
New Parking to Alleviate Tough Sailor Commutes at Newport News Shipyard After Spate of Suicides In the wake of a spate of suicides aboard an aircraft carrier in 2022, the Navy and Newport News Shipbuilding announced they...
Veterans Crisis Line Experiences Brief Outage Due to Phone Carrier Technical Issues A technical issue at a contractor facility in Indiana was responsible for problems with the "Press 1" connection on the 988...
A Suicidal Veteran Texted the VA Crisis Line. A Responder Didn't Send Help, and Minutes Later the Veteran Was Dead. A Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General investigation released last week found numerous problems with the hotline's...
Virtual Talking Circles to Prevent Suicide: Innovative App Seeks to Reach Native American Vets at Risk In 2021, the suicide rate for Native American veterans was 46.3 per 100,000, the highest of any ethnic or racial group.
VA's Veteran Suicide Prevention Algorithm Favors Men An artificial intelligence (AI) program designed to prevent suicide among U.S. military veterans prioritizes white men and...
Airmen's Search for Remains Recalls Top Secret WWII Mission to Turn Planes into Flying Bombs U.S. airmen in England assisted with an archaeological dig aimed at finding the remains of an Army pilot lost there during...
Vets with Rare Lung Disease Could Get Benefits More Easily Under Proposed Changes, VA Says The Department of Veterans Affairs is taking steps to remove the specific challenges veterans with constrictive bronchiolitis...
US Aircraft Carrier in the Middle East Is Heading Home The Pentagon's rare move to keep two Navy aircraft carriers in the Middle East over the past several weeks has now finished...
Edwards Air Force Base Set to Get Service's First Commercial On-Base Apartment Complex The base, home to the 412th Test Wing, has faced housing issues for its more than 10,000 military and civilian personnel...
New CIA Workplace Assault Case Emerges as Spy Agency Shields Extent of Sexual Misconduct in Ranks A recent 648-page internal watchdog report that found systemic shortcomings in the CIA’s handling of complaints was...
