Since 9/11, Suicide Has Claimed Four Times More Military Lives Than Combat A study estimates that 30,177 troops and veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have taken their own lives over the...
'Brandon Act' Named for Sailor Who Died by Suicide Gains New Supporters in Congress The bill is named for Navy Aircrew Aviation Electrician's Mate Striker Brandon Caserta, who died three years ago by suicide...
Traumatized Veterans Heal Through the Power of Nature Most gratifying are the messages from veterans who tell her a day in nature was crucial to saving their lives.
Frequent Military Funeral Duty May Increase Soldiers' Risk of Suicide, Officer Warns The Army is taking seriously a captain's warning that soldiers assigned to military funeral duty are at risk of suicide.
VA Wants Dramatic Budget Increase, Continuing Trend of Soaring Spending VA Secretary Denis McDonough urged Congress to back a massive funding increase to boost efforts in homelessness assistance...
Army's 18th Airborne Corps Turns to 'Dragon's Lair' for Ideas to Address Suicide The unit has already used its innovation incubator platform to improve the Army's sexual assault and harassment prevention...
Military Deaths by Suicide Jumped 25% at End of 2020 The number of deaths by suicide among military service members increased alarmingly in the fourth quarter of 2020, according...
Let's Rethink the Relationship Between Mental Health Healers and Those They Serve 2020. The Year of Trauma. A year of events that reads like a sci-fi/horror script.
It's Time for a New, 'Heart to Heart' Approach to Help End Veteran Suicide A societal pandemic in its own right, suicide is incredibly complex.
Why Ketamine Could Be the All-in-One Solution to Curb Veteran Suicide Rates Any mental health consequence our society is suffering unfortunately affects our military population to a greater degree.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...