Since 9/11, Suicide Has Claimed Four Times More Military Lives Than Combat A study estimates that 30,177 troops and veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have taken their own lives over the...
PTSD Myths Persist in the Military Community, New Survey Finds A poll found that members of the military community are twice as likely as civilians to believe persons with PTSD are violent...
Navy Needs More Mental Health Specialists, Top Civilian Says Sailors would get easier access to mental health providers in their own units under a new plan from Acting Navy Secretary...
Free Health Care for All Troops Is Key Priority, National Guard General Tells Congress Lack of easy access to mental health services may be compounding the suicide issue in the National Guard, its top officer...
Why We Need Mental Health Providers Who Understand the Military Should every counselor who works with military families be required to have first-hand experience of military life?
Depressed? 8 Resources for Military Spouses Finding resources to help you or your friends who are suffering from depression is not something to be ashamed of. Here are 8...
Military Deaths by Suicide Jumped 25% at End of 2020 The number of deaths by suicide among military service members increased alarmingly in the fourth quarter of 2020, according...
Retired Two-Star Opens Up About Mental Health Crisis That Ended His Career Army Maj. Gen. Gregg Martin was at the top of his game until an undiagnosed bipolar disorder cost him his 36-year career.
Let's Rethink the Relationship Between Mental Health Healers and Those They Serve 2020. The Year of Trauma. A year of events that reads like a sci-fi/horror script.
Why So Many Veterans Find the Path to Extremism "Extremist groups use online recruiting tactics to specifically go after veterans and service members."
Remains of World War II Marine Recovered and Will Be Buried Stateside After 80 Years Sgt. Robert F. Van Heck, of Chicago, Illinois, was 25 years old in 1943 when he was killed during the U.S. campaign in the...
After Supreme Court Victory, Some Veterans to Receive Additional Months of GI Bill Eligibility The Department of Veterans Affairs announced the change in response to a U.S. Supreme Court decision in April favoring a...
Trusted Traveler Program at Bases Across US Suspended Following Las Vegas, New Orleans Attacks The Trusted Traveler Program applied to Defense Department identification card holders -- such as Common Access Cards or...
Troubled Caisson Unit Makes Appearance at Carter Funeral as Horse-Drawn Services Remain Suspended The unit came under public scrutiny in 2022 when CNN reported that two horses had died within days of each other...
Green Beret in Las Vegas Bombing and New Orleans Attacker Had Brief Overlap in Military Careers The men, Master Sgt. Matthew Livelsberger and Shamsud-Din Jabbar, who were both killed in the incidents, never served in the...
![Bracelets, labeled with the message, "You Got This. We Got You," are handed out to participants during the Dragon March on Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Sept. 13, 2019. (U.S. Air Force/Kemberly Groue)](http://images04.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2019-09/suicide-prevention-bracelet-3200.jpg?itok=S7ubXHEM "Bracelets, labeled with the message, "You Got This. We Got You," are handed out to participants during the Dragon March on Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, Sept. 13, 2019. (U.S. Air Force/Kemberly Groue)")
