Hours After 7th Vet Suicide at VA, Officials Repeat Plea for Public to Help The veterans suicide scourge is not just about mental health, VA officials say.
Lawmakers to Grill VA for Answers on Suicide 'Epidemic' The House was to begin a series of hearings Monday to find answers to the veterans' suicide crisis.
VA Won't Ramp Up Security After Rash of Suicides on Premises. Here's Why. The VA's top suicide-prevention official said that added security could make matters worse in the effort to curb veteran...
Woman Dies in Apparent Suicide at Arlington National Cemetery The death took place just yards from Joint Base Henderson Hall-Fort Myer, according to reports.
VA Struggles to Curb 'Parking Lot' Suicides at Its Own Facilities The VA's top health official urged Americans to put the VA crisis line on speed-dial in the effort to curb veteran suicides.
Among Veterans Organizations, Health Care, Suicide and Education Are Top Priorities Veterans advocates have spent the past two weeks visiting lawmakers and testifying.
Trump Signs Executive Order Creating Task Force to Stop Vet Suicide The executive order creates a proactive community to address suicide among former troops.
Military Mulls Medical Personnel Cuts Even as Suicide Rates Rise The move would open more slots for troops in combat-arms specialties or other warfighting jobs.
Retired SEAL: Tracking Special Operators’ Performance May Help Prevent Suicides Twenty-two U.S. Special Operations Command operators took their own lives in 2018.
Active-Duty Military Suicides at Record Highs in 2018 The number of suicides matched the high recorded in 2012.
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...
![Rep. Phil Roe, R-Tenn., questions witnesses during a House Committee on Veterans' Affairs hearing on "Scheduling Manipulation and Veteran Deaths in Phoenix: Examination of the OIG's Final Report" on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)](http://images01.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2018-11/phil_roe_1800.png.jpg?itok=ygncsDa0 "Rep. Phil Roe, R-Tenn., questions witnesses during a House Committee on Veterans' Affairs hearing on "Scheduling Manipulation and Veteran Deaths in Phoenix: Examination of the OIG's Final Report" on Capitol Hill in Washington, Sept. 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)")
![Former SEAL Frank Larkin, who lost his son Ryan to suicide, hands President Trump a bracelet with his son's name inscribed on it during a signing ceremony for the "National Roadmap to Empower Veterans and End Veteran Suicide," at the White House, March 5, 2019. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)](http://images04.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2019-03/trumpsuicidelegislation1800.png.jpg?itok=ptTa0rPs "Former SEAL Frank Larkin, who lost his son Ryan to suicide, hands President Trump a bracelet with his son's name inscribed on it during a signing ceremony for the "National Roadmap to Empower Veterans and End Veteran Suicide," at the White House, March 5, 2019. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)")
