Soldier Injured In Iraq Works To Prevent Veteran Suicide September is National Suicide Prevention Month. According to a report released by VA in December 2024, 6,407 veterans died by...
Post-9/11 Veteran Suicide Rate Started to Drop in 2020, Independent Study Finds The data continues to show high rates of suicide among that group, with those diagnosed with traumatic brain injury the...
Top 10 Things Your Combat Vet Wants You to Know Technically, your warrior may well be a killer, as are his friends. The emotional side of killing in combat is complex. He...
In One of the Marines' Most Iconic Jobs, a Stunning Pattern of Suicide Marine Corps drill instructors are a national symbol of discipline. But for some, their imposing persona belies a dark...
Reckoning with Mortality: The Hidden Toll of Being a Military Family in the Aviation Community "The aviation community is very small. The rotary aviation world is even smaller. Since I met my husband in 2010, we have not...
Burn Pit Exposure Linked to Higher Rates of Mental Health Disorders, Brain Injury A new study also confirms earlier research on a connection between burn pit exposure and suicide.
'Complex' Veterans Crisis Line Calls Passed Off to Undertrained Responders, Watchdog Report Finds In response to the GAO findings, the VA promised to assess the outcomes of calls to the complex unit compared to the main...
Tricking Veterans: Using Suicide and Mental Health Struggles as a Guise for Privatizing the VA While attention remains focused on the looming crisis of Department of Veterans Affairs employees facing termination, an even...
Navy Unit Commanders Fall Short in Suicide Crisis Planning, Watchdog Finds The service meets standards for collecting data on suicide prevention and response, but nearly 30% of commanders didn't have...
A Navy Veteran Is Determined to Find His Own Way Through PTSD—Without VA Each appointment with VA was another nail sealing the coffin shut, suffocating any hope that they could help me.
Army Expands Combat Patch Eligibility as Modern Deployments Redefine Combat Service The Army expanded combat patch eligibility, recognizing soldiers in modern deployments where risk is high even without...
You Took Separation Pay Years Ago. Now the VA Wants It Back From Your Disability Check. Under federal law, a veteran cannot receive both separation pay and VA disability compensation for the same period of service...
25 Years: Nephew Remembers P.O.W. Navy Pilot Dieter Dengler Who Escaped Vietnam Dieter Dengler, who died about 25 years ago, was "bigger than life."
Could the US Bring Back the Draft? Who Would Be Called First — and Who Qualifies Could the U.S. bring back the draft? Here’s how Selective Service works today, who would be called first and why only about...
3 Big PCS Changes Are Coming at Once. Here’s What Service Members Need to Know Before Peak Season. In 2026, three major changes are affecting military household goods moves: a new permanent agency to run the system, the end...
![](http://images03.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2025-09/picture1.jpg?itok=eNqBZdu2 "An event staff member, wearing a suicide prevention shirt, explains the benefits of suicide prevention programs to a paraplegic veteran during the "Suicide Prevention 2K Walk" event at the Fayetteville Veteran Association Medical Center, North Carolina Sept. 9, 2016. The event raised awareness for suicide programs during September Suicide Awareness Month, enabling people to support veterans and active-duty military members. (U.S Army photo by Pfc. Hubert D. Delany III)")
