Featured in suicideBYVAntage PointApr 29, 2020ShareSame-day emergency mental health care offered at every VA health care facilityAs part of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) efforts to provide the best mental health care access possible, VA is reminding veterans that it offers all veterans same-day access to emergency mental health care at any VA health care faci… BYVAntage PointApr 29, 2020ShareBYVAntage PointApr 29, 2020ShareIn one year, VA improves mental health servicesJust one year after President Trump signed Executive Order 13822, VA has made significant strides forward in its mission to provide mental health care to tran… BYVAntage PointApr 29, 2020ShareBYUnited States ArmyApr 29, 2020ShareSoldiers share stories of suicide to save othersThere was the staff sergeant who walked onto the street in front of his home — gun in hand — ready to end his life, when a neighbor stopped him from pulling the trigger. There’s the lieutenant who vulnerably opened up to his commander dur… BYUnited States ArmyApr 29, 2020ShareBYEric MilzarskiApr 29, 2020ShareWhy this new program is the smartest thing the VA has done recentlyLet’s be completely honest: Getting veterans the help they need is a tricky task. What works for one person may not work for another. Simply telling veterans they have the option to seek help if they need it is important, yes, but it’s not going t… BYEric MilzarskiApr 29, 2020ShareBYEric MilzarskiApr 29, 2020ShareWhy Chaplains offer so much more than just religious servicesChaplains are some of the most misunderstood troops in the formation. Everyone knows that they have their own office in the battalion building and troops are generally aware that their door is intentionally left open, figuratively and often literall… BYEric MilzarskiApr 29, 2020ShareBYUnited States Air ForceSep 12, 2019ShareHer last goodbye: The text that ended one life and changed another “The worst part of it all was just thinking about what she was thinking in those final moments as she was standing in the bathroom all alone, and I can’t imagine just how lonely she must’ve felt,” said Senior Airman Brianna Bow… BYUnited States Air ForceSep 12, 2019ShareBYRadio Free Europe Radio LibertySep 12, 2019ShareSuicide car bombing kills 11 or more in Western IraqA suicide car bomber has targeted a security checkpoint in western Iraq, killing at least 11 people and wounding 16, officials say. The attacker drove an explosives-rigged vehicle into a checkpoint in the town of Qaim in Anbar Province, Mayor … BYRadio Free Europe Radio LibertySep 12, 2019ShareBYRadio Free Europe Radio LibertySep 12, 2019ShareISIS claims suicide attack that killed 34The Islamic State (IS) extremist group has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in a Shi’ite area of Kabul on Aug. 15, 2018. Earlier on Aug. 16, 2018, Afghan authorities revised the death toll from the attack to 34 killed from their e… BYRadio Free Europe Radio LibertySep 12, 2019Share12
BYVAntage PointApr 29, 2020ShareSame-day emergency mental health care offered at every VA health care facilityAs part of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) efforts to provide the best mental health care access possible, VA is reminding veterans that it offers all veterans same-day access to emergency mental health care at any VA health care faci… BYVAntage PointApr 29, 2020Share
BYVAntage PointApr 29, 2020ShareIn one year, VA improves mental health servicesJust one year after President Trump signed Executive Order 13822, VA has made significant strides forward in its mission to provide mental health care to tran… BYVAntage PointApr 29, 2020Share
BYUnited States ArmyApr 29, 2020ShareSoldiers share stories of suicide to save othersThere was the staff sergeant who walked onto the street in front of his home — gun in hand — ready to end his life, when a neighbor stopped him from pulling the trigger. There’s the lieutenant who vulnerably opened up to his commander dur… BYUnited States ArmyApr 29, 2020Share
BYEric MilzarskiApr 29, 2020ShareWhy this new program is the smartest thing the VA has done recentlyLet’s be completely honest: Getting veterans the help they need is a tricky task. What works for one person may not work for another. Simply telling veterans they have the option to seek help if they need it is important, yes, but it’s not going t… BYEric MilzarskiApr 29, 2020Share
BYEric MilzarskiApr 29, 2020ShareWhy Chaplains offer so much more than just religious servicesChaplains are some of the most misunderstood troops in the formation. Everyone knows that they have their own office in the battalion building and troops are generally aware that their door is intentionally left open, figuratively and often literall… BYEric MilzarskiApr 29, 2020Share
BYUnited States Air ForceSep 12, 2019ShareHer last goodbye: The text that ended one life and changed another “The worst part of it all was just thinking about what she was thinking in those final moments as she was standing in the bathroom all alone, and I can’t imagine just how lonely she must’ve felt,” said Senior Airman Brianna Bow… BYUnited States Air ForceSep 12, 2019Share
BYRadio Free Europe Radio LibertySep 12, 2019ShareSuicide car bombing kills 11 or more in Western IraqA suicide car bomber has targeted a security checkpoint in western Iraq, killing at least 11 people and wounding 16, officials say. The attacker drove an explosives-rigged vehicle into a checkpoint in the town of Qaim in Anbar Province, Mayor … BYRadio Free Europe Radio LibertySep 12, 2019Share
BYRadio Free Europe Radio LibertySep 12, 2019ShareISIS claims suicide attack that killed 34The Islamic State (IS) extremist group has claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in a Shi’ite area of Kabul on Aug. 15, 2018. Earlier on Aug. 16, 2018, Afghan authorities revised the death toll from the attack to 34 killed from their e… BYRadio Free Europe Radio LibertySep 12, 2019Share
