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Department of Defense
April 14, 2018
Challenges remain, he said, and the Army remains focused on improving readiness, as well as personal resiliency, suicide prevention, family programs and ending sexual harassment and sexual assault in the ranks. Military's 'War for Talent'. Global demands upon the Navy continue to grow, which meansÃâà...
WIBW
April 14, 2018
A fitting title – the theme of the summit was "Beyond Thank You.” Organizers say that means going beyond the usual, “Thank you for your service,” line veterans are used to hearing. Joseph Burks, representing the Eastern Kansas VA said, "We need to get into their lives, we need to understand their stories,Ãâà...
Science News
April 14, 2018
But a preliminary skeletal analysis, presented April 12 at the Society for American Archaeology annual meeting, suggests suicides were relatively rare ... Mielke reviewed 30 written battle accounts taken from Native American fighters and army soldiers in nearby regiments, and found that 14 describedÃâà...
Chicago Tribune
April 5, 2018
That afternoon, I learned that an Army captain who had been featured a while back in my old “Best Defense” column on the Foreign Policy website had gone out in the middle of the night and sat on railroad tracks near Fort Carson, Colo., and apparently let a train run over him. He was still in the military butÃâà...
The Local Italy
April 3, 2018
After preliminary investigations, police are working on the hypothesis that the couple died in a murder-suicide, according to local paper Vicenza Today. The daily also cited police officers as saying the woman had likely been killed on Easter Sunday, before her husband killed himself either the same orÃâà...
Xinhua
April 3, 2018
TRIPOLI, April 3 (Xinhua) -- The Libyan UN-backed government on Monday launched a sudden military operation to hunt down the remnants of ... A suicide bomber attacked the army forces in the eastern city of Ajdabiya, an evidence of the simultaneous attacks between the two organizations, whoseÃâà...
Lowell Sun
April 3, 2018
They may wear the typical casual clothes of other American women, but they once made the choice to wear the uniforms of the U.S. Armed Forces. "Only 1 percent of Americans ... When she invited others to speak, women raised the topics of military sexual trauma and suicide. "Unfortunately, sexual assaultÃâà...
AOL
April 3, 2018
A retired U.S. Army major found dead in an apparent murder-suicide in Italy was suffering from depression, a source close to him said. Maj. Bradley Kinser, 44, a former ... to Stars and Stripes. The priest from the local military command became concerned when Bradley Kinser stopped returning his calls.
Las Cruces Sun-News
April 2, 2018
LAS CRUCES - A pickleball tournament will be held April 7 and 8 to honor the memory of Aaron Gifford, a U.S. Army veteran of the Iraq War who took his own life on Jan. 8. Proceeds from the tournament will go to Mission 22, a national organization that works to help veterans suffering from post-traumaticÃâà...
CT Post
March 7, 2018
Five months after the near-suicide, he was out of the Marines, with a less-than-honorable discharge, often called “bad paper.” Burke, other veterans and some state military officials on Tuesday testified during a public hearing at the Capitol. They asked the Veterans' Affairs Committee to approve legislationÃâà...
The Sun Herald
December 31, 1999
The soldier is one of — at least — six members of the 155th that have committed suicide since they were first deployed to Iraq, according to Billeaud. The unit served in ... U.S.Army veteran Casey Kennedy of Biloxi, Mississippi, and his wife face the reality of PTSD and suicidal thoughts. Military conventionÃâà...
Military Times
December 31, 1999
A 62-year-old veteran killed himself in the waiting room at the VA medical center in St. Louis, Missouri, authorities say. In an earlier veteran suicide incident in St. Louis, a report released in December 2016 by the VA Office of the Inspector General said St. Louis VA health care officials insufficientlyÃâà...
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