Suicide Prevention

VA Secretary Robert Wilkie said suicide claims the lives of about 20 veterans a day, but it's also the leading cause of death...

Lawmakers are working on a plan to reach the 60 percent of vets who die by suicide each day without a connection to VA care.

But there were encouraging trends in home ownership and access to VA care.

Since May 2018, nine Fort Wainwright soldiers have died in cases not attributed to accident or other known cause.

The program allows the VA to provide mental health resources to more than 400,000 National Guard members.

Cadet Kade Kurita posted a short note on Snapchat, indicating his plan to end his life, according to a U.S. Army official.

Suicide has become the leading cause of death in the Air Force, he says.

"We've lost more guys to suicide than we lost in the battle," said Jake Edwards, a former lance corporal.

Travis Snyder spent six weeks on his hike and he's now homeless, jobless and car-less.

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