Ousters, New Deployments and Supercarrier Woes: The Top Military Stories of 2019 It's perhaps unsurprising that the dominant themes have been turnover and conflict -- internal as well as external.
VA and Congress Struggle to Reach Compromise on Veteran Suicide Prevention Bill Lawmakers are at odds with the Department of Veterans Affairs over a bill meant to tackle the high veteran suicide rate.
Sailor's Suicide Prompts Calls for Better Mental Health Treatment The account of sailor Brandon Caserta’s suicide prompted calls to reform the military’s mental health policies.
The Whole Country is Grappling with Suicide Epidemic, VA Secretary Says VA Secretary Robert Wilkie said suicide claims the lives of about 20 veterans a day, but it's also the leading cause of death...
In Congress, Veteran Suicide Prevention Is a Bipartisan Topic. Here’s the Plan 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.
30 Percent of Veterans Have Had Suicidal Thoughts, New Survey Finds But there were encouraging trends in home ownership and access to VA care.
VA Partners with Guard Organization for Suicide Prevention The program allows the VA to provide mental health resources to more than 400,000 National Guard members.
West Point Cadet Revealed His Suicide Plan on Snapchat Cadet Kade Kurita posted a short note on Snapchat, indicating his plan to end his life, according to a U.S. Army official.
Air Force Top Enlisted Leader: Keep Asking Fellow Airmen How They're Doing Suicide has become the leading cause of death in the Air Force, he says.
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...