VA Unveils New Scholarships for Future Mental Health Workers as Agency Works to Combat Shortages The program would award scholarships to those looking to earn degrees in social work, psychology, mental health counseling...
VA Not Consistently Asking Vets Having Thoughts of Suicide About Firearms, IG Finds The VA called safe firearm storage a "critical priority" in its suicide prevention efforts and said it would implement the IG...
Soldiers Need Friends and Family to Help Amid Mental Health Provider Shortage, Army Leaders Say The theme of whole health was woven this year throughout the Association of the U.S. Army annual meeting.
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...
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...
A New Nonprofit Honors Marine Killed at Kabul's Abbey Gate The family of a Marine who lost his life during a final mission in war-torn Afghanistan has created a retreat space for...
Army Secretary Blames Bad Press for Making Recruiting Woes Worse Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth blamed negative stories about mental health issues some soldiers face and seemingly...
Vets Group Asks Biden to Recognize Moral Injuries Caused by Afghan War's End A veteran-led group asked President Joe Biden to do more to acknowledge the distress caused by the messy end of the...
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...
