VA '100%' Confident in Suicide Data After Outside Report Argued Agency Underestimates Rate At issue is an analysis by America's Warrior Partnership, a suicide prevention group, that said the veterans suicide rate may...
Is Your Military Teen at Risk for Suicide? A mother whose son tried to commit suicide shares her experience to try to help other families with teens.
VA Selects 30 Programs for Suicide Prevention Competition From apps to extended reality, the innovative programs selected for the next phase of Mission Daybreak offer solutions for...
Group Tries to Overload VA Crisis Line to Protest Prosecutions of Capitol Rioters VA officials said that service continued throughout the day and every veteran who called was assisted, but some said the line...
VA Says Veteran Suicides Continue to Fall, But Outside Researchers Find Rates May Be Much Higher A new VA report says suicides have dropped by nearly 10% since 2018, but another study, released last weekend, challenges...
LGBTQ Military Kids Attempted Suicide at Much Higher Rate Than Their Civilian Peers, New Research Finds Those who said they receive family support, however, had lower rates of anxiety, depression and attempted suicide, according...
Former VA Secretaries Push for National Day of Recognition to Prevent Veteran Suicides For the second straight year, the seven former VA secretaries are pressing to designate the Sunday after Veterans Day as...
Suicides Among US Troops Rose 15% in 2020, With Firearms Closely Tied to Deaths Pentagon officials claimed, however, that compared to previous years, the increase is not statistically significant.
The Warning Signs of Suicide and What to Do The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has information on what to watch for and what to do.
Top Enlisted Leader at Air Force Special Operations Command Fired, Facing Investigation Chief Master Sgt. Anthony Green, who advised on the readiness, training and quality of life of enlisted air commandos, was...
Army to Soldiers: Reenlist by Monday if You Want to Claim Incentives While it is not unusual for the Army to curtail incentives after meeting its retention goals, the troops were given little...
Former Air Force Commander Punished with 21 Days' Confinement, Forfeiture of Pay After Guilty Plea Col. Christopher Meeker, the former commander of Wright-Patterson's 88th Air Base Wing, was sentenced Tuesday evening after...
New Air Force Academy Mission Statement Drops Educate, Adds a Different Focus The Air Force Academy has rolled out a new mission statement that drops the word "educate" and adds in a focus on winning...
The Army Is Getting Rid of Athletic Trainers The Army is set to phase out its unit-level athletic trainers -- civilian specialists tasked with providing immediate care...
