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Sailors on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) participate in the Out of the Darkness Community Walk to increase awareness for suicide prevention.

Sailors on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisen...

ARABIAN GULF (Aug. 26, 2016) Sailors on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) participate in the Out of the Darkness Community Walk to increase awareness for suicide preventi... More

Soldiers from 402nd Field Artillery Brigade, First

Soldiers from 402nd Field Artillery Brigade, First

Soldiers from 402nd Field Artillery Brigade, First Army Division West, learn safety precautions on the .50-caliber from Sgt. 1st Class Zachary Parnello, right, instructor at safety stand down, 402nd FA, at Mitc... More

Ch. (Capt.) Michael Harari, 1-229th Attack Reconnaissance

Ch. (Capt.) Michael Harari, 1-229th Attack Reconnaissance

Ch. (Capt.) Michael Harari, 1-229th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion chaplain, receives an Army Commendation Medal from Col. Matthew Braman, 16th Combat Aviation Brigade Commander, for his actions to prevent sui... More

Cmdr. Maurice S. Kaprow, command chaplain, discusses suicide prevention with the crew of Precommissioning Unit George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) at the base theater.

Cmdr. Maurice S. Kaprow, command chaplain, discusses suicide preventio...

FORT EUSTIS, Va. (May. 25, 2007) Cmdr. Maurice S. Kaprow, command chaplain, discusses suicide prevention with the crew of Precommissioning Unit George H. W. Bush (CVN 77) at the base theater. During their first... More

U.S. Air Force Capt. Genesis Guerrero, now a chaplain

U.S. Air Force Capt. Genesis Guerrero, now a chaplain

U.S. Air Force Capt. Genesis Guerrero, now a chaplain for the 39th Air Base Wing, (front) receives a hug from his father, Gene (face shown), on his wedding day, Aug. 1, 2009, at St. Augustine, Fla. As a chaplai... More

A photo illustration produced by the Defense Media Agency on suicide prevention.

A photo illustration produced by the Defense Media Agency on suicide p...

WASHINGTON (Oct. 27, 2009) A photo illustration produced by the Defense Media Agency on suicide prevention. (U.S. Navy photo illustration) File# 091027-N-0000X-001

Suicide prevention, US Air Force Photo

Suicide prevention, US Air Force Photo

The military community offers a variety of resources to help individuals. Supervisors, first sergeants, commanders, Airman and Family Readiness Centers, Chaplains and Mental Health professionals are available a... More

Soldier helps buddy, earns coin

Soldier helps buddy, earns coin

Spc. Thomas E. Malmborg receives a commander's coin from Maj. Gen. Dana J.H. Pittard for intervening after recognizing suicidal intentions from his battle buddy. Malmborg, a communications specialist from Wheat... More

September Is Army Suicide Prevention Month

September Is Army Suicide Prevention Month

Shoulder to shoulder Army suicide prevention poster.

1st MLG Marines prepare for life after deployment

1st MLG Marines prepare for life after deployment

Lt. Cmdr. Steven Roberts, chaplain, speaks to Marines about suicide prevention following deployments.

World Suicide Prevention Week Sept. 4-10

World Suicide Prevention Week Sept. 4-10

World Suicide Prevention Week is a call to service members across the globe to become familiar with the signs of suicide so they can take action in preventing tragic losses of life.

Capt. Jason Palmer (standing), chaplain with Special

Capt. Jason Palmer (standing), chaplain with Special

Capt. Jason Palmer (standing), chaplain with Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, United States Division – Center and a High Springs, Fla., native, discusses the suici... More

Spc. Yuliana Torrescuriel, an orderly room clerk with

Spc. Yuliana Torrescuriel, an orderly room clerk with

Spc. Yuliana Torrescuriel, an orderly room clerk with Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, United States Division – Center and a South Gate, Calif., native, participa... More

Soldiers with Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Advise

Soldiers with Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Advise

Soldiers with Special Troops Battalion, 2nd Advise and Assist Brigade, 1st Infantry Division, United States Division – Center listen Feb. 4 during a resiliency forum at Camp Liberty, Iraq. (U.S. Army photo by P... More

Suicide prevention, everyone’s responsibility

Suicide prevention, everyone’s responsibility

Clinics such as Combat Stress Control, located on Camp Liberty, is one of the many resources that are available for a soldier to use down range in order to discuss his or her issues and find solutions to solve them.

Ohio Guard recruits families, civilians to help combat suicide

Ohio Guard recruits families, civilians to help combat suicide

Ohio Army National Guard Staff Sgt. Amy Baker (left) of Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 371st Sustainment Brigade, participates in a practical exercise with her small group during an Applied Suicide Inte... More

First Sgt. Chris DiTizio (right), the senior enlisted

First Sgt. Chris DiTizio (right), the senior enlisted

First Sgt. Chris DiTizio (right), the senior enlisted adviser with the 25th Infantry Division's civil affairs detachment and a Philadelphia native, works with Pfc. Alex Ulloa (left), a communications specialist... More

Sgt. Andrea M. Olguin, a station combat camera photographer,

Sgt. Andrea M. Olguin, a station combat camera photographer,

Sgt. Andrea M. Olguin, a station combat camera photographer, and Tony J. Lewis, a runner, take part in the 5K Suicide Awareness and Prevention Walk/Run at the seawall Sept. 23. As of August 2011, there have bee... More

ASIST course at Misawa Air Base

ASIST course at Misawa Air Base

Jacqueline Witty conducts training on the Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training course to 23 Misawa personnel here. This two-day ASIST workshop is designed to teach students to recognize the signs of sui... More

Standing together, US Army Photo

Standing together, US Army Photo

(Fourth from the left) Spc. Andre Whyne, infantryman, 4th Battalion, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard), stand with members of his platoon during a trip to Philade... More

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Mark A. Graham, along with his

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Mark A. Graham, along with his

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Mark A. Graham, along with his wife Carol, speak to Marines and sailors during The Heroes and Healthy Families Conference June 6. The Heroes and Healthy Families program is a series of confe... More

Lt. Robert Mills, deputy chaplain DESRON 15, gives suicide prevention training to Sailors assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89).

Lt. Robert Mills, deputy chaplain DESRON 15, gives suicide prevention ...

PACIFIC OCEAN (Sep. 11, 2012) Lt. Robert Mills, deputy chaplain for Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, gives suicide prevention training to Sailors assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Mustin (DDG 89). The... More

Lastarza Green from the Fly Boyz  raps about El Paso,

Lastarza Green from the Fly Boyz raps about El Paso,

Lastarza Green from the Fly Boyz raps about El Paso, Texas, standing up to prevent bullying in the community at the second annual El Paso and West Texas Suicide Prevention Coalition summit in the Door Christia... More

Col. Jay Voorhees, the commander of the 12th Combat

Col. Jay Voorhees, the commander of the 12th Combat

Col. Jay Voorhees, the commander of the 12th Combat Aviation Brigade, speaks to the soldiers of the brigade about suicide prevention after a brigade morale run. The morale run kicked off a safety stand down day... More

Suicide prevention: A healthy force is a ready force

Suicide prevention: A healthy force is a ready force

The U.S. Army’s observance of Suicide Prevention Month continues with events throughout September, focusing efforts on total Army family well-being, resilience, stigma reduction, and positive results achieved b... More

Stand Up! for suicide awareness

Stand Up! for suicide awareness

The Department of the Army has designated September as Army Suicide Prevention Month. Communicating with others is the first step toward preventing suicide. Reaching out for help is not a sign of weakness – it ... More

On a hot and humid September morning, more-than 200

On a hot and humid September morning, more-than 200

On a hot and humid September morning, more-than 200 members of the Puerto Rico National Guard along with the Adjutant General of Puerto Rico, Maj. Gen. Antonio J. Vicens, participated in the second PRNG Suicide... More

Personal readiness summit

Personal readiness summit

International public speaker Kevin Hines, speaks on suicide prevention to senior enlisted and junior officers at the personal readiness summit at the Naval Base Kitsap Bangor Plaza Ballroom, Sept. 24. The two-d... More

Maj. Gen. Stephen R. Lanza, 7th Infantry Division Commanding

Maj. Gen. Stephen R. Lanza, 7th Infantry Division Commanding

Maj. Gen. Stephen R. Lanza, 7th Infantry Division Commanding General, speaks to his soldiers Sept. 24, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord’s French Theater, during suicide prevention and resiliency training. Lanza said... More

Thousands of Fort Lee military members stream down

Thousands of Fort Lee military members stream down

Thousands of Fort Lee military members stream down B Avenue during an installation run Thursday, Sept. 27. The run was organized to bring attention to suicide prevention and sexual harassment/sexual assault, tw... More

Sgt. Maj. of the Army Raymond F. Chandler III talks

Sgt. Maj. of the Army Raymond F. Chandler III talks

Sgt. Maj. of the Army Raymond F. Chandler III talks to soldiers of the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, about the challenges of today’s Army Monday, at Camp Buehring, Kuwait. Chandler tal... More

Psychologist Dr. M. David Rudd presents a combat

Psychologist Dr. M. David Rudd presents a combat

Psychologist Dr. M. David Rudd presents a combat reintegration and suicide prevention lecture as a part of the 2012 1st Marine Division commander’s conference here, Oct. 10-11. The training was designed to ena... More

Pfc. Jason Radley, a military policeman of the Florida

Pfc. Jason Radley, a military policeman of the Florida

Pfc. Jason Radley, a military policeman of the Florida Army National Guard, receives his first Army Achievement Jan. 29 while assigned to Headquarters and Headquarters Company of the Directorate of Mobilization... More

Smashing the Barriers. U.S. Army Reserve Command

Smashing the Barriers. U.S. Army Reserve Command

Smashing the Barriers graphic illustration for a suicide prevention article. (U.S. Army graphic illustration by Timothy L. Hale/Released)

Deputy Chief of Staff G1 visits, addresses Army Ready and Resilient

Deputy Chief of Staff G1 visits, addresses Army Ready and Resilient

Lt. Gen. Howard Bromberg, U.S. Army Deputy Chief of Staff, G1, visited Joint Base Lewis-McChord Apr. 26 to discuss the Army’s Ready and Resilient Campaign (R2C) with battalion and brigade commanders. The idea b... More

Maj. Gen. (ret.) Mark Graham and wife Carol

Maj. Gen. (ret.) Mark Graham and wife Carol

Retired Army Maj. Gen. Mark Graham and his wife, Carol, answer questions after speaking to hundreds of students, faculty and community members at the Army Logistics University May 14. The Grahams are suicide pr... More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Drew Jeffers, left, of 1st Battalion,

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Drew Jeffers, left, of 1st Battalion,

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Drew Jeffers, left, of 1st Battalion, 330th Infantry Regiment, 198th Infantry Brigade, gives instructions to a competitor during the Army Reserve Command Best Warrior Competition at Fort Mc... More

Only the top two strongest warriors will advance

Only the top two strongest warriors will advance

U.S. Army Spc. Muhammed Ali, 405th Combat Support Hospital, removes his M40 protective mask after exiting the nuclear, biological and chemical chamber during the 2013 Army Reserve Best Warrior Competition at Fo... More

U.S. Army Sgt. Marshall Gross with the 200th Military

U.S. Army Sgt. Marshall Gross with the 200th Military

U.S. Army Sgt. Marshall Gross with the 200th Military Police Command, detains a hostage during the 2013 U.S. Army Reserve Best Warrior competition, held at Fort McCoy, Wis., June 25, 2013. (U.S. Army photo by ... More

U.S. Army Pfc. Edward Davila-Walker, 1st Mission Support

U.S. Army Pfc. Edward Davila-Walker, 1st Mission Support

U.S. Army Pfc. Edward Davila-Walker, 1st Mission Support Command, sits still before entering the nuclear, biological and chemical chamber during the 2013 U.S. Army Reserve Best Warrior Competition at Fort McCoy... More

Tim Hale, Army Reserve Command senior photojournalist,

Tim Hale, Army Reserve Command senior photojournalist,

Tim Hale, Army Reserve Command senior photojournalist, stands silhouetted at the M4 rifle night fire range during the 2013 Army Reserve Best Warrior Competition at Fort McCoy, Wis., June 26, 2013. (U.S. Army ph... More

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Mathew Hardin, drill sergeant

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Mathew Hardin, drill sergeant

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Mathew Hardin, drill sergeant assigned to the 108th Training Command, prepares Soldiers for the M4 rifle qualification event during the 2013 Army Reserve Best Warrior Competition at Fort Mc... More

Sgt. 1st Class Karl Shirrmacher, 445th Civil Affairs

Sgt. 1st Class Karl Shirrmacher, 445th Civil Affairs

Sgt. 1st Class Karl Shirrmacher, 445th Civil Affairs Battalion, U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) in Mountain View, Calif., smiles after watching his best warrior competito... More

Pvt. Marvin Frisby (center, left to right), 2nd Stryker

Pvt. Marvin Frisby (center, left to right), 2nd Stryker

Pvt. Marvin Frisby (center, left to right), 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Spc. Benjamin Rubino, 201st Battlefield Surveillance Brigade, and Sgt. Larry Blais, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, stand in front o... More

(center, L to R) Pvt. Marvin Frisby, 2nd Stryker Brigade

(center, L to R) Pvt. Marvin Frisby, 2nd Stryker Brigade

(center, L to R) Pvt. Marvin Frisby, 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team; Spc. Benjamin Rubino, 201st Battlefield Surveillance Brigade; and Sgt. Larry Blais, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team; stand in front of soldi... More

Lt. j.g. Laura Palmer, a staff chaplain at U.S. Navy Support Facility Diego Garcia, conducts suicide prevention training at the Island Room.

Lt. j.g. Laura Palmer, a staff chaplain at U.S. Navy Support Facility ...

DIEGO GARCIA (Sep. 05, 2013) Lt. j.g. Laura Palmer, a staff chaplain at U.S. Navy Support Facility Diego Garcia, conducts suicide prevention training at the Island Room. The training was conducted in recognitio... More

Suicide prevention, US Navy Photogrpah

Suicide prevention, US Navy Photogrpah

Chief petty officer selectees assigned to Naval Station Mayport participate in a 5K run and 3K walk for suicide prevention awareness. September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month and the Navy's 2013... More

You are not alone: September, Suicide Prevention Month

You are not alone: September, Suicide Prevention Month

You are not alone: September, Suicide Prevention Month. (U.S. Air Force photo/graphic by Senior Airman Ashlee Galloway)

Ishmael W. Stagner II, retired Army and current member

Ishmael W. Stagner II, retired Army and current member

Ishmael W. Stagner II, retired Army and current member of the Statewide Prevent Suicide Hawaii Taskforce (SPSHT), addresses the audience during a suicide prevention seminar at Sharkey Theater on Joint Base Pear... More

Wingman culture key to suicide prevention, resiliency

Wingman culture key to suicide prevention, resiliency

Resiliency is a term describing skill sets for Airmen to bounce back and grow following adversity. The Wingman Culture strengthens airmen by providing them the tools and support to face the challenges of milita... More

Lt. Col. Dennis Atkins, deputy commanding officer,

Lt. Col. Dennis Atkins, deputy commanding officer,

Lt. Col. Dennis Atkins, deputy commanding officer, 3rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division talks to soldiers about suicide prevention Sept. 26, during the unit's Suicide Stand down Day.

The 13th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion and the

The 13th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion and the

The 13th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion and the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention held an "Out of Darkness Walk," Sept. 27 on Lewis North. The goal of the event was to raise awareness of suicide ... More

Command Sgt. Maj. Edison Rebuck, senior enlisted leader,

Command Sgt. Maj. Edison Rebuck, senior enlisted leader,

Command Sgt. Maj. Edison Rebuck, senior enlisted leader, 1st Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, presents Sgt. 1st Class Robert Britt, founder of the Sara’s Smile Foundation, with a “Raider” Bri... More

Sailors aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS San Jacinto (CG 56) pray for suicide victims during a suicide prevention and awareness event.

Sailors aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS San Jacinto (CG 56) pray...

U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY (Oct. 14, 2013) Sailors aboard the guided-missile cruiser USS San Jacinto (CG 56) pray for suicide victims during a suicide prevention and awareness event called "Walk out ... More

Brig. Gen. Kurt Ryan, commanding general 593rd Sustainment

Brig. Gen. Kurt Ryan, commanding general 593rd Sustainment

Brig. Gen. Kurt Ryan, commanding general 593rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), was honored in a ceremony held Nov. 4 at Carey Theater, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. The ceremony was held in order for JBL... More

A photo illustration produced by the U.S. Navy supporting

A photo illustration produced by the U.S. Navy supporting

A photo illustration produced by the U.S. Navy supporting the Suicide Prevention program urging Sailors to speak up and seek guidance. Sailors throughout the fleet are encouraged to work together as commands, u... More

A photo illustration produced by the U.S. Navy supporting

A photo illustration produced by the U.S. Navy supporting

A photo illustration produced by the U.S. Navy supporting the Suicide Prevention Program urging sailors to speak up and seek guidance. Sailors throughout the fleet are encouraged to work together as commands, u... More

Suicide prevention gains ground

Suicide prevention gains ground

Stop suicide before it kills. The following prevention resources are available for free: Chaplains, Marine Corps Suicide Prevention Program, Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-TALK), Behavioral Health Couns... More

Army Reserve soldiers and civilians came together for

Army Reserve soldiers and civilians came together for

Army Reserve soldiers and civilians came together for Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) Nov. 20-21 at Fort Jackson, S.C.

Sailors and civilian employees get information on suicide prevention and tobacco cessation during the Safety Health and Wellness Fair at Boca Chica Field.

Sailors and civilian employees get information on suicide prevention a...

KEY WEST, Fla. (Dec. 03, 2013) Sailors and civilian employees get information on suicide prevention and tobacco cessation during the Safety Health and Wellness Fair at Boca Chica Field. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass... More

US, Japanese forces discuss ways to reduce suicide

US, Japanese forces discuss ways to reduce suicide

I Corps’ senior staff including the chaplain and the personnel section’s chief of operations presented briefings to and led discussions with Japanese leaders about three programs: sexual harassment and assault ... More

Local Army Reservists and civilian employees completed

Local Army Reservists and civilian employees completed

Local Army Reservists and civilian employees completed a five-day Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training workshop Jan. 6-10 at Hill Air Force Base, Utah.

Olivia Ybarbo, a Dallas native, and a medical support

Olivia Ybarbo, a Dallas native, and a medical support

Olivia Ybarbo, a Dallas native, and a medical support assistant for the 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division’s Embedded Behavioral Health Clinic, answers a trooper’s question about available services a... More

Dr. Paul Wade, suicide prevention program manager for

Dr. Paul Wade, suicide prevention program manager for

Dr. Paul Wade, suicide prevention program manager for the Army Reserve's 99th Regional Support Command, serves on a panel of suicide-prevention experts following the premiere of HBO's documentary, "Crisis Hotli... More

Brig. Gen. Michael L. Cunniff, the adjutant general

Brig. Gen. Michael L. Cunniff, the adjutant general

Brig. Gen. Michael L. Cunniff, the adjutant general of New Jersey, addresses the New Jersey Army and Air National Guard leadership during a suicide awareness, prevention, and intercession strategies meeting at ... More

Theater of War comes to FTIG

Theater of War comes to FTIG

Actress Chinasa Ogbuagu (left) reading for Tecmessa, actor Brendan Griffin (center) reading for Ajax and associate artistic director Greg Taubman (right) perform a dramatic reading of Sophocles' "Ajax" at Fort ... More

Runners stop to learn about suicide at a booth set

Runners stop to learn about suicide at a booth set

Runners stop to learn about suicide at a booth set up along the 2nd Annual Suicide Prevention 5K route at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., Sept. 07, 2018. Participants were able to stop along the run to learn about... More

The 81st Regional Support Command Ready and Resilient

The 81st Regional Support Command Ready and Resilient

The 81st Regional Support Command Ready and Resilient Campaign team hosted a workshop at U.S. Army Southern Command in Miami, Fla., Aug. 19-20, 2014. The workshop was designed to combine the efforts of the Suic... More

Denise Stephens, suicide prevention program manager,

Denise Stephens, suicide prevention program manager,

Denise Stephens, suicide prevention program manager, explains the importance of active listening to Soldiers attending Ask Care Escort Suicide Intervention course at the Kelley Hill Chapel Sept. 10, 2010. “ACE-... More

The commitment to connection with family, friends and

The commitment to connection with family, friends and

The commitment to connection with family, friends and supervisors is backed by the Air Force’s adoption of the ACE method, which stands for “Ask, Care, Escort.” These three steps can guide Airmen, family and fr... More

Doug Windley, left, the military installations program

Doug Windley, left, the military installations program

Doug Windley, left, the military installations program manager for the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors, TAPS, Jesus Carrion Rodriguez, a facility operations specialist at Arlington Hall Station, center... More

Suicide Prevention Month

Suicide Prevention Month

Talk to someone. Everyday actions that foster trust and build meaningful connections can start or continue conversations so we can more effectively intervene when we see signs of a colleague, friend or family m... More

Helen Pridgen shared her experience about her son’s

Helen Pridgen shared her experience about her son’s

Helen Pridgen shared her experience about her son’s suicide to the audience during a presentation at the 81st RSC at Fort Jackson. Pridgen, a social worker and representative from the American Foundation for Su... More

DoD: Family stressors increase risk of suicide for younger Soldiers

DoD: Family stressors increase risk of suicide for younger Soldiers

Note: Each stressor was determined interdependently in comparison to the total aggregate of suicides. Soldiers may be represented in more than one category. Source: USARC Case Review Work Group.

Dr. Richard Doss, former suicide prevention program

Dr. Richard Doss, former suicide prevention program

Dr. Richard Doss, former suicide prevention program manager for the 416th Theater Engineer Command now working for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in Chicago. Suicide can make Soldiers feel isolated, li... More

Vietnam veteran Dave Roever and his friend Dan Dang,

Vietnam veteran Dave Roever and his friend Dan Dang,

Vietnam veteran Dave Roever and his friend Dan Dang, a native of Vietnam, dish up some food during the Suicide Prevention Prayer Breakfast at the Special Event Center, Fort Carson, Colo., Sept. 25, 2014. Roever... More

Arizona Guard culminates Suicide Prevention Month with Ruck for Life march

Arizona Guard culminates Suicide Prevention Month with Ruck for Life m...

Over 200 members of Arizona’s Army and Air National Guard participated in Ruck for Life – an event highlighting suicide prevention – at Papago Park Military Reservation here Sept. 30. (National Guard Photo by S... More

Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort's Provost Marshal's

Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort's Provost Marshal's

Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort's Provost Marshal's Office responds to a suicidal ideation from a resident aboard Laurel Bay housing community, S.C., Nov. 5. Emergency personnel responded to the residence rap... More

Sailors assigned to amphibious assault ship USS America

Sailors assigned to amphibious assault ship USS America

Sailors assigned to amphibious assault ship USS America (LHA 6) stretch before participating in the Save A Life community walk in Balboa Park, San Diego. The ship’s Coalition of Sailors Against Destructive Deci... More

Angela Powell-Woulfe - A woman sitting on a bench with a camera

Angela Powell-Woulfe - A woman sitting on a bench with a camera

Angela Powell-Woulfe, a military suicide survivor whose father ended his life in 2004, poses for a photo in her photo studio Nov. 12, 2014, in Savage, Md. Powell-Woulfe has used their shared love of photography... More

U.S. Army Lt. Col. George Corbari, assigned to U.S.

U.S. Army Lt. Col. George Corbari, assigned to U.S.

U.S. Army Lt. Col. George Corbari, assigned to U.S. Army Pacific Command (USARPAC), leads a suicide awareness and prevention presentation for service members stationed at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam. Corbari... More

Rear Adm. Margaret Kibben, the Navy Chief of Chaplains,

Rear Adm. Margaret Kibben, the Navy Chief of Chaplains,

Rear Adm. Margaret Kibben, the Navy Chief of Chaplains, speaks to area chaplains and religious program specialists during the Professional Development Training Course at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif.... More

5-7 ADA Soldiers learning to assist, identify troubled comrades

5-7 ADA Soldiers learning to assist, identify troubled comrades

Pfc. Amanda Reuter, a chaplain’s assistant, with the 5th Battalion, 7th Air Defense Artillery Regiment at Rhine Ordnance Barracks shares a few of the intervention skills she has learned from her week-long Appli... More

New program aims to improve suicide prevention

New program aims to improve suicide prevention

In 2014, 59 active duty members and 36 Air National Guard, Air Force Reserve and civilians committed suicide. To improve suicide prevention, face-to-face and small group discussions will replace the computer-ba... More

Herschel Walker, a former professional football player, talks with Sailors and civilians at Naval Station Norfolk about suicide prevention.

Herschel Walker, a former professional football player, talks with Sai...

NORFOLK, Va. (Apr. 17, 2015) Herschel Walker, a former professional football player, talks with Sailors and civilians at Naval Station Norfolk about suicide prevention. Walker shared his experiences growing up,... More

Cmdr. Dave Bailey, from Tifton, Ga., talks with Herschel Walker, a former professional football player, after he talked to Sailors and civilians about suicide prevention at Naval Station Norfolk.

Cmdr. Dave Bailey, from Tifton, Ga., talks with Herschel Walker, a for...

NORFOLK, Va. (Apr. 17, 2015) Cmdr. Dave Bailey, from Tifton, Ga., talks with Herschel Walker, a former professional football player, after he talked to Sailors and civilians about suicide prevention at Naval St... More

The Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal was awarded

The Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal was awarded

The Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal was awarded to Lance Cpl. Victor Padilla aboard Naval Consolidated Brig Charleston, S.C., April 21.

The 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command Chaplain

The 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command Chaplain

The 7th Army Joint Multinational Training Command Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Terry Simmons gives an overview of the Ultimate Resiliency and Relationship training workshop to trainees, April 28, Tower View Conference C... More

Senior Master Sgt. Lamond Barnes, training facilitator,

Senior Master Sgt. Lamond Barnes, training facilitator,

Senior Master Sgt. Lamond Barnes, training facilitator, briefs 59th Medical Wing Staff members during a face-to-face Suicide Prevention Training, May 1, 2015, at the Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center on J... More

Staff Sgt. Joshua Maher, with the 96th Sustainment

Staff Sgt. Joshua Maher, with the 96th Sustainment

Staff Sgt. Joshua Maher, with the 96th Sustainment Brigade, holds a mug of water during a suicide prevention brief in North Fort Hood, Texas, lead Chaplain Maj. Nelson Nissley, also with the 96th SB, May 15. Ni... More

Rear Adm. Brent W. Scott, 19th Chaplain of the Marine

Rear Adm. Brent W. Scott, 19th Chaplain of the Marine

Rear Adm. Brent W. Scott, 19th Chaplain of the Marine Corps, poses with Lance Cpl. Nelly, the canine mascot of 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force, during a professional development train... More

Preventing suicide: Reaching out, saving lives

Preventing suicide: Reaching out, saving lives

Service members are reminded to put the fear of hurting their careers aside and seek the mental help they may need. Additionally, they are encouraged to use the acronym ACE--ask, care and escort to care for the... More

Jacob Schick shares his story to raise awareness for suicide prevention

Jacob Schick shares his story to raise awareness for suicide preventio...

September is the month of Suicide Prevention. Suicide Prevention Month aims to spread information about suicide awareness, decrease stigmatization regarding suicide and raise awareness that suicide is preventable.

Eric Hipple Suicide Awareness Presentation

Eric Hipple Suicide Awareness Presentation

150820-N-EC099-018 SILVERDALE, Wash. (August 20, 2015) – Eric Hipple, former Detroit Lions quarterback, explains the signs and symptoms of depression and suicidal behavior to Sailors during a suicide awareness ... More

Master Sgt. Leigh Ann Hinton and Staff Sgt. Christy

Master Sgt. Leigh Ann Hinton and Staff Sgt. Christy

Master Sgt. Leigh Ann Hinton and Staff Sgt. Christy Klenke, of the The U.S. Army Band “Pershing’s Own,” pose for a photo in front of Brucker Hall on the Fort Myer portion of Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall Aug. ... More

Dr. James T. Reese gives a speech at Conmy Hall Sept.

Dr. James T. Reese gives a speech at Conmy Hall Sept.

Dr. James T. Reese gives a speech at Conmy Hall Sept. 1 on the Fort Myer portion of Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall. Reese encouraged Soldiers and first responders in attendance to seek counseling when confronte... More

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (Sept. 9, 2015) Cmdr. Maurice Buford,

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (Sept. 9, 2015) Cmdr. Maurice Buford,

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (Sept. 9, 2015) Cmdr. Maurice Buford, assigned to USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72), addresses participants of an overnight Out of Darkness Walk, to recognize Suicide Prevention Awareness Month in ... More

New Jersey National Guard Soldiers and Airmen participate

New Jersey National Guard Soldiers and Airmen participate

New Jersey National Guard Soldiers and Airmen participate in the first annual Suicide Prevention Stand Down, Sept. 9, 2015 at Lawrenceville Armory, N.J. The Stand Down featured speakers from the New Jersey Army... More

Brig. Gen Barry Cornish, 18th Wing commander, talks

Brig. Gen Barry Cornish, 18th Wing commander, talks

Brig. Gen Barry Cornish, 18th Wing commander, talks with Simone Payne, American Red Cross section chief (center), and Mia Bostic, American Red Cross assistant section manager (right), about the various services... More

81st RSC Suicide Prevention Programs Manager Ajaye

81st RSC Suicide Prevention Programs Manager Ajaye

81st RSC Suicide Prevention Programs Manager Ajaye Franklin speaks at the Suicide Prevention Panel at the command’s headquarters on Sept. 9. The panel discussion featured members of the Fort Jackson and local c... More

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