Veteran Died Hours After 2 Calls to Suicide Hotline Went Unheeded, IG Finds A veteran died on the Fourth of July 2018 after two calls to the suicide hotline went unheeded.
Veteran Suicide Rate Creeps Up as VA Makes New Investments in Prevention The number of suicides and the suicide rate in 2018 rose just slightly from the previous year, by 36 deaths.
Suicides and Attempts Among Veterans Dropped During Pandemic, VA Says VA officials caution that it's too early to determine what effect hospital shutdowns had on the data.
This Veterans Day, Make Sure the Vets in Your Life Know They Are Not Alone This Veterans Day, we are particularly mindful of vets dealing with the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic,
New Law Extends VA Mental Health Counseling to More Guard and Reserve Members Another newly passed piece of legislation directs the GAO to assess the effectiveness of mental health services.
Trump OKs 2 Laws Aimed at Helping Veteran Mental Health and Reducing Suicide The legislation would give the VA leeway to award grants to organizations that focus on veterans' mental health issues.
'Tainted,' 'Screw This:' Study Reveals Male and Female Vets Have Different Suicide Triggers A study suggests that when it comes to male and female vets, mental health support is far from a one-size-fits-all affair.
Trump Orders DoD, VA and Other Agencies to Probe Link Between Pandemic and Suicides He blamed increased mental stress and suicides partly on COVID-19 lockdown orders.
Military Suicides Reached All-Time High in 2019; Impact of COVID-19 Remains Unclear On the heels of a report that suicides are up 20% this year, Pentagon officials released suicide data for last year.
General's Proposal to Curb Suicide: Require Every Soldier to Visit Behavioral Health Gen. Funk said that Army leaders must work harder to build more trust inside units to ensure soldiers don't feel isolated.
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...