Suicide Prevention Month: risk, protective factors
Although no one is immune to the adverse effects of prolonged, excessive stress, some service members are at greater risk for suicide than others.
Although no one is immune to the adverse effects of prolonged, excessive stress, some service members are at greater risk for suicide than others.
My name is not José. Steve asked me not to use our real names if I write down what I recently learned about the events of 2002. He’s not “Steve,” either. Steve agreed to share his part, and I will tell you mine — our two sides of one story. What follows is our recollections of then and now.
In 2012, the U.S. military hit a record high with 349 suicides, surpassing combat deaths in Afghanistan.
The U.S. Air Force is doing its part to reduce those numbers.