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Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., Integrated Prevention and Resilience Office provides free gun locks to individuals during a suicide prevention event at the Hanscom AFB Main Exchange Sept. 15. (U.S. Air ...

More veterans died by suicide in 2021, the first full year of the pandemic, than the year before, according to new data released Thursday by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. Subscribe to read ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Preventing veteran suicides remains a top priority for the Department of Veterans Affairs. However, according to an annual report released Thursday, the epidemic still poses a major ...

Arizona was one of just a handful of states where the number of veterans staying in homeless shelters increased during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new congressional report.

Leominster Veteran of the Year Robert White salutes while the national anthem is sung at the city's Veterans Day ceremony in November, where he received the honor. (DANIELLE RAY/SENTINEL & ENTERPRISE) ...

The “small but growing problem” of extremism among veterans is illustrated by the facts that they account for 15 percent of the people charged so far in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol—and that ...

It's supper time in the Whittier, California, home of Air Force Veteran Danyelle Clark-Gutierrez. Eagerly awaiting a bowl of kibble and canned dog food is Lisa, a three-year-old, yellow Labrador ...

A slide from the Department of Veterans Affairs annual report on veterans suicides shows an increase in deaths from 2020 to 2021. (Courtesy of VA) The suicide rate among veterans rose slightly in 2021 ...