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...
VA Not Complying with Law on Suicide Prevention Training for Police Officers, Senator Alleges Sen. Jerry Moran demanded McDonough explain the department's lack of compliance with the law and provide a plan to "guarantee...
The Cost of Medical Stigmas for Military Families Decades of help-discouraging behavior and outdated medical policies have fueled a pervasive stigma that impacts military...
Overall Military Suicide Rate Dropped, But Active-Duty Deaths Increased Slightly, Pentagon Reports Suicide rates throughout the military decreased slightly last year, according to the latest annual data released by the...
How Trauma Before Service is Shaping a Generation of Troops Acknowledging the prevalence of pre-service trauma -- and how it affects adult service members -- can be helpful for many...
'The Keeper': Why an Army Vet Hiked the Appalachian Trail with 363 Name Tapes In the upcoming movie "The Keeper," Angus Benfield ("The Post") plays George Eshleman, an Army veteran who hikes the entire...
Pentagon Watchdog Will Assess Navy's Suicide Response and Prevention Efforts Following Spate of Deaths The investigation comes after the sea service experienced several suicide clusters aboard its ships that were undergoing...
Marine Raiders Ordered to Stop Wearing Multicam Uniforms to Align Elite Unit with Broader Service The special operations Marines will abandon the pattern worn by units such as Army Special Forces on Jan. 1, a spokesman said...
Navy Confirms Just One More Chief, Officer Punished for Illicit Wi-Fi Network on Warship Between the investigation and Fields' update, the publicly acknowledged sum total of punishments meted out for the Wi-Fi...
His Country Trained Him to Fight. Then He Turned Against It. More Like Him Are Doing the Same The number of U.S. service members and veterans who radicalize make up a tiny fraction of a percentage point of the millions...
Shaw Air Force Base Dining Halls Are Closed Until 2026. Relatives Worry Young Airmen Aren't Getting Healthy Meals. Shaw Air Force Base in South Carolina has not had an operating dining hall for airmen in nearly a year and a half, leaving...
Navy Aviators Killed in Growler Crash near Mount Rainier Were Decorated Combat Veterans Lt. Cmdr. Lyndsay "Miley" Evans, a naval flight officer, and Lt. Serena "Dug" Wileman, a naval aviator, both 31 years old and...