Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Toni Burton | Navy Medicine Readiness and Training Command (NMRTC) Bethesda | 05.21.2025
Expeditionary medical teams play a dual role—as caregivers and as guardians of their own wellness with mental health as a core component of combat readiness, especially within expeditionary medicine....
Story by Maria Christina Yager | Blanchfield Army Community Hospital | 10.01.2019
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. -- Blanchfield Army Community Hospital officials participated in Clarksville’s Suicide Prevention Alliance Summit at the Wilma Rudolph Event Center recently as community leaders aim their focus on suicide prevention, intervention and assistance....
Story by Yan Kennon | Naval Hospital Jacksonville | 09.06.2018
Military life can be challenging. Reach out and be there for those at risk. Everyday connections can make a big difference to someone feeling alone, in crisis, or having thoughts of suicide....
Story by Yan Kennon | Naval Hospital Jacksonville | 04.24.2018
Military life presents unique and difficult challenges to service members and families. Naval Branch Health Clinic Key West, along with the local military community, offers numerous resources to military members, retirees, and family members with stress-related illness or injury....
Story by Yan Kennon | Naval Hospital Jacksonville | 09.08.2017
Military life can be challenging. Reach out and be there for those at risk. Everyday connections can make a big difference to someone feeling alone, in crisis, or having thoughts of suicide....
Story by Yan Kennon | Naval Hospital Jacksonville | 09.01.2016
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), suicide was the 10th leading cause of death (for all ages) in the U.S. in 2013 — a rate of about 113 deaths each day. Building resilience and preventing suicide requires all members of the Navy and Marine Corps community to work together....
Story by Staff Sgt. Keith Anderson | 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division | 09.16.2015
He had received all the mandatory training and watched all the suicide prevention videos, but was not prepared when his best friend took his own life....
