Soldier Who Died by Suicide in Las Vegas Told Ex-Girlfriend of Pain and Exhaustion After Afghanistan
WASHINGTON (AP) — The highly decorated Special Forces soldier who died by suicide in a Cybertruck explosion on New Year’s Day confided to a former girlfriend who had served as an Army nurse that he faced significant pain and exhaustion that she says were key symptoms of traumatic brain injury. Green Beret Matthew Livelsberger, 37, […]
Army Reserve Suicide Prevention Programs Need Study, Maine Senator Says After Mass Shooting
U. S. Sen. Angus King is urging the federal government’s watchdog agency to conduct a study of suicide prevention policies for reservists in the U.S. military. King, I-Maine, in a letter sent this week to Comptroller General Gene Dodaro of the U.S. Government Accountability Office, also asked the agency to review the investigations into last […]
After Years of Delays, Army Releases New Suicide Prevention Plan Short on Answers
Three soldiers at Fort Cavazos, Texas, died by suicide in the past two weeks. But those deaths aren’t unique to the installation formerly known as Fort Hood. At least two soldiers have died by suicide every week this year on average in the part-time components and on active duty at bases across the service, according […]
How 10th Mountain Is Working to Combat Suicide
With the Army yet to release a servicewide strategy for combating suicide that was due in the fall of 2021, individual formations have been left to develop their own solutions. For the 10th Mountain Division, that has meant creating its own set of web-based tools with a comprehensive list of resources, including contact information for […]
Soldier Crashed Helicopter Before Running to and Crashing a Second in 2022 Suicide, Investigators Find
An Army officer appears to have crashed one Black Hawk helicopter, then run to another that he subsequently crashed, triggering a large explosion and killing himself, according to the service’s investigation into a 2022 incident — parts of which were obtained by Military.com. Investigators ruled the death a suicide. Just before 2 a.m. on March […]
After 3 Years of Delays, Army Has Again Paused Rewriting Suicide Prevention Policies
Despite a website with vague guidance, PowerPoint presentations and at least five separate policies referencing behavioral health, the Army offers relatively few clear resources for how units are supposed to respond to soldiers who are at risk of suicide. The service has been promising to rewrite its suicide prevention policy for three years, but the […]
A Soldier Attempted Suicide in Poland. Left to Roam at Fort Riley, He Killed Himself.
Warning: This story includes discussion of suicidal ideation and details of a suicide attempt. It was a cold March day in Poland, and no one had seen Spc. Austin Valley in hours. Valley, 21, had sent his parents a suicide note. During a frantic search, soldiers followed footprints in the snow into the dark woods, […]
Texas Public Records Loophole Lets Cities Keep Suicide Reports from Families of Dead Soldiers
This article is co-published with ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up for ProPublica’s Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox as soon as they are published. Also, sign up for The Brief, Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. […]