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Lawmakers press for more outside help in stopping veteran suicides
Some want to expand a $174 million grant program which funds suicide prevention efforts run by community groups.
Seeking the Military Suicide Solution Podcast, Episode 26: Barbara Van Dahlen, executive director for PREVENTS
Barbara Van Dahlen is the executive director of the task force to create the President’s Roadmap to Empower Veterans and End a National Tragedy of Suicide (PREVENTS).
Kelly, Van Ovost nominated to be next heads of ACC, AMC
If confirmed, both lieutenant generals would receive their fourth stars.
Navy SEAL recruits resume training while social distancing
Navy SEAL recruits and their instructors are being tested for the coronavirus as the candidates in one of the military’s most grueling programs return to training with new social distancing guidelines, a top official said Tuesday.
McConnell urges caution on Turkey sanctions
Sen. Mitch McConnell is sticking to this guns against broad sanctions on Turkey.
By Joe Gould
US-Turkey alliance in downward spiral as Congress mulls sanctions
The partnership between Turkey and the United States has survived a number of crises, but it’s entering what some see as its most turbulent period yet.
By Joe Gould
'ISIS will be back.’ Lawmakers voice Syria fears to Pentagon chiefs
House and Senate lawmakers on Thursday left Pentagon briefings on the crisis in Syria frustrated with the tangle of problems that came with President Donald Trump’s decision to pull troops from Syria and voicing new fears the Islamic State will regroup to wage terror.
By Joe Gould
US Congress mulls arms export ban on Turkey for incursion into Syria
U.S. lawmakers are readying bills to sanction and potentially ban U.S. arms exports to Turkey to punish it over military operations in northern Syria.
By Joe Gould
Kurds may be wiped out before Turkey sanctions happen, senators worry
Congress’ most concrete response to the unfolding Syrian crisis includes sanctions on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
By Joe Gould
Active duty suicides are on the rise, as the Pentagon works on new messaging and strategy
Pentagon data shows that active duty suicides are rising, while the National Guard has the highest rate overall.
Air Force cautions troops to beware of sexless ‘involuntary celibates’
The aggressive sect of repugnant men cast the entirety of the blame for their coitus-free existence onto women.
By Jon Simkins