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Defense

Military suicides went up again in 2023

The number of suicides among military personnel increased again in 2023, according to the Defense Department’s annual report on suicide released Thursday.

Commentary

Beyond balance: A call for work-life integration in the federal workplace for Suicide Prevention Month

Management

A new tool for medical care providers working to prevent suicide

Management

Whole-of-government suicide-prevention strategy

Veterans Affairs

A promising new avenue to help prevent suicides among veterans

Veterans Affairs

In suicide prevention month, let's not forget the four-legged friends

Workforce

More support for those affected by suicide from the Pentagon

Members of the Maine National Guard arrive for orientation an empty wing at Central Maine Medical Center, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021, in Lewiston, Maine. The Guard will work as nursing assistants, helping to open a swing bed unit of the hospital that has been closed due to a nursing shortage. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)

Federal Newscast

National Guard members can unionize if and when they're called up by governors

Space Force, Space National Guard, soldier

DoD Reporter's Notebook

Space National Guard still up in the air but lawmakers want to move forward

Crew on board the USS George Washington aircraft carrier.

Navy

Navy investigating rash of suicides aboard USS George Washington

Ukraine’s Prosecutor General Iryna Venediktova speaks with refugees outside a processing center in Lviv, Ukraine on March 22, 2022. She has stationed prosecutors at refugee centers across the country and at border crossings to extract evidence from millions of displaced Ukrainians and register them as victims potentially eligible for compensation. (AP Photo/Erika Kinetz)

Federal Newscast

Federal employees can now send portion of their pay to help Ukrainian refugees

Greg Witkop, DARPA

Defense

DARPA's now testing a new method to identify service members at risk of suicide

FILE - In this May 18, 2020, file photo, Transportation Security Administration officers wear protective masks at a security screening area at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in SeaTac, Wash. The Biden administration says it is moving to increase the pay and union rights for security screeners at the nation’s airports. The Department of Homeland Security directed the acting head of the TSA to come up with a plan within 90 days to raise the pay of the screeners and expand their rights to collective bargaining. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)

Federal Newscast

Exposed to COVID-19 on the job? New website lets you join class-action lawsuit for hazard pay

Navy veteran Jeff Hensley of Dallas, Texas, now with Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), joins others in placing 1,892 flags representing veteran and service members who have died by suicide to date in 2014, Thursday, March 27, 2014, on the National Mall in Washington. The event also marked the introduction of The Suicide Prevention for America's Veterans Act by Sen. John Walsh, D-Mont., which calls for greater access to mental health care. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Defense

DoD starts interagency suicide prevention campaign aimed at firearms

CaitlinRawlins-Nurse_VHA

Federal Newscast

Unions want VA to educate employees on pandemic resources

(Amelia Brust)

Veterans Affairs

VHA center looks to help veterans transition, prevent suicide amid Afghanistan exit

FILE - In this Sept. 14, 2021 file photo, a syringe is prepared with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a clinic at the Reading Area Community College in Reading, Pa. Businesses that have announced vaccine mandates say some workers who had been on the fence have since gotten inoculated against COVID-19. But many holdouts remain — a likely sign of what is to come once a federal mandate goes into effect. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Workforce

Feds miss work due to vaccine side effects can file for compensation

Federal Newscast

IG: Veterans Affairs may have overlooked cost of physical improvements needed for EHR

FILE - In this June 21, 2013, file photo, the seal affixed to the front of the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington. A new first-of-its kind government study finds suicide among military veterans is especially high in the western U.S. and rural areas. The numbers suggest that social isolation, gun ownership and limited health care access may be factors behind the higher numbers. The Department of Veterans Affairs released data Sept. 15, on suicide by state. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Veterans Affairs

An update on efforts by VA to prevent veteran suicides

A Soldier helps a fellow Soldier onto the rooftop of a building in order to provide protective overwatch for another element of their patrol in Afghanistan Jan. 29, 2012. Army senior leaders recently discussed the importance of suicide prevention and recognizing warning signs after the service reported an increase in suicides among active-duty Soldiers in 2020. (Sgt. Kimberly Hackbarth)

Defense

Military suicides increased in all components in 2020

FILE - In this April 2, 2014, file photo, members of the media wait outside of the Bernie Beck Gate, an entrance to the Fort Hood military base in Fort Hood, Texas. Federal agents have seized more than 20 vehicles and the money in 10 bank accounts from a couple of U.S. Army veterans in Texas, who they say used personal information stolen from soldiers to defraud the military out of as much as $11 million. In an affidavit filed in court in June 2020 seeking to search the couple's home in Killeen, near Fort Hood, investigators described how they allegedly used a transportation reimbursement program to swindle the Army out of $2.3 million to $11.3 million. (AP Photo/Tamir Kalifa, File)

Army

Army fires, disciplines 14 leaders for failed command climate at Fort Hood

Mike Pence, Matthew Tueller, Pat White

Army

14 Fort Hood soldiers fired, suspended over violence at base

Peter DeFazio

Federal Newscast

Legislators hope to secure higher COLA for federal retirees