Story by Staff Sgt. Vitaliy Rusavskiy | U.S. Marine Corps Forces, Europe and Africa | 01.14.2016
Eight months ago, A Birmingham, Alabama, native was challenged in the face of danger, and had the needed courage; he took swift action to save a Marine’s life....
Story by Timothy Hale | U.S. Army Reserve Command | 09.02.2014
Irony is often cruel and unforgiving. This month’s issue of the Double Eagle is devoted to the often-taboo subject of suicide, or better still, suicide prevention. Unknown to us while compiling facts, data, and personal accounts on members of our own Army Reserve Family for this issue, well-known comedian, and actor, Robin Williams, had taken his own life....
Story by Timothy Hale | U.S. Army Reserve Command | 09.02.2014
In 2013, 57 Army Reserve Soldiers decided the only way out of their particular situation was to take their own life. That year was the most deadly since 2009. The fateful choices these Soldiers made left questions, not only for their loved ones, but also for Army Reserve leaders. To find out the answers, a panel of Army Reserve Suicide Prevention Program managers recently completed......
Story by Rob McIlvaine | Office of the Secretary of Defense Public Affairs | 01.19.2011
Suicides among active-duty soldiers dropped slightly last year to 156 confirmed deaths, from 162 in 2009, the Army vice chief of staff said Jan. 19....
Story by Sgt. Darron Salzer | National Guard Bureau | 01.19.2011
Suicides nearly doubled in the Army National Guard in 2010 compared with a year earlier, the acting director said here today. ...
Courtesy Story | Office of the Secretary of Defense Public Affairs | 06.22.2010
Post-traumatic stress, traumatic brain injury and suicides among servicemembers are interrelated problems requiring holistic prevention methods and more scientific study, military leaders told a Senate panel, June 22....
Story by Donna Miles | Office of the Secretary of Defense Public Affairs | 04.23.2010
With more than 6,000 veterans committing suicide every year –- and 98 veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan taking their own lives during fiscal 2009 alone -- the Department of Veterans Affairs is redoubling its outreach to veterans and promoting its toll-free suicide-prevention hotline....
