White House Unveils Roadmap Aiming to End Veterans Suicide Crisis The President's Roadmap to Empower Veterans and End a National Tragedy of Suicide calls for a public awareness campaign.
Marine Corps Hit Hardest in 2018 Military Suicide Spike, New Report Shows The new Pentagon report adds more detail regarding a troubling surge in suicides.
VA Ramps Up Mental Health Funding After Rash of Parking Lot Suicides The VA's budget request for fiscal 2021 totals $243.3 billion -- a dramatic 10% increase from 2020.
Air Force Saw Record-Breaking Number of Suicides in 2019 The U.S. Air Force says 137 airmen across the active duty, Guard and Reserve died by suicide in 2019.
Lawmakers Question VA over Improving Veteran Care for Suicide Lawmakers admonished the VA on Wednesday over reports of veterans committing suicide at its facilities.
VA Moving Forward on Implementing Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention Law The VA recently published a request for information intended to be used as "market research."
Institutional Failures Found at VA Facility After Veteran's Parking Lot Suicide The IG staff found issues with the patient's care coordination and said it resulted in inadequate mental health assessments.
15 Years After the Iraq War's Deadliest Battle, Marines Fight to Save Their Comrades "We've lost more guys to suicide than we lost in the battle," said Jake Edwards, a former lance corporal.
New VA Suicide Prevention Strategy: Talk to Vets 3 Times in First Year Out of Uniform Veterans will be contacted via phone, email or text to keep them abreast of available benefits and service.
Army Suicide Trends Have Changed in Forever Wars Era, New Study Finds The largest historical study to date on the topic has just been published.
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...
