A U.S. Marine with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, assigned to the Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force-Crisis Response-Central Command (SPMAGTF-CR-CC) 19.2, stands post during the reinforcement of the Baghdad Embassy Compound in Iraq, Jan. 4, 2020. (Sgt. Kyle C. Talbot/Marine Corps)A 413th Flight Test Squadron HH-60W hangs in the anechoic chamber at the Joint Preflight Integration of Munitions and Electronic Systems hangar Jan. 6, 2020, at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. (Samuel King Jr./Air Force)Chief Electronics Technician Ryan Davis, assigned to the Independence-variant littoral combat ship USS Montgomery (LCS 8), holds ammunition during a live-fire exercise on Jan. 11, 2020, in the South China Sea. (Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Chris Roys/Navy)U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jason N. Bobo watches as a CH-47 Chinook helicopter prepares to land in preparation for the extraction of Afghan and U.S. soldiers following a key leader engagement Dec. 29, 2019, in southeastern Afghanistan. (Master Sgt. Alejandro Licea/Army)Lance Cpl. Mitchell Smith sights in on a barrel at the 1st Maintenance Battalion Marksmanship Trainer Unit on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Jan. 7, 2020. (Lance Cpl. Alison Dostie/Marine Corps)The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) arrives at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam on Jan. 8, 2020, as part of an around-the-world deployment that includes a homeport shift to San Diego. (Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Aja B. Jackson/Navy)A C-17 Globemaster III sits on the flightline at March Air Reserve Base in California on Jan. 8, 2020. (Joshua J. Seybert/Air Force)Soldiers with U.S. Army Aviation Battalion Japan soar the skies in a UH-60 Black Hawk Helicopter during a joint training exercise with Japan Ground Self-Defense Force members to rehearse tactical flight operations at Camp Zama, Japan, Jan. 9, 2020. (Sgt. Raquel Villalona/Army)A U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle taxis to the runway Jan. 7, 2020, at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. (Airman 1st Class Andrew Kobialka/Air Force)U.S. soldiers in the 1-113th Field Artillery, 30th Armored Brigade Combat Team, North Carolina Army National Guard, conduct a live-fire training exercise with the M109 Paladin in the Middle East, Jan. 5, 2020. (Sgt. Devin Lewis/Army National Guard)
Holiday helpers have been busy, as plenty of organizations and individuals have been working to make the days a bit brighter for troops and their families.
The project was scheduled to take 10 years and cost $16 billion. Nearly eight years later, only six of VA’s 170-plus medical sites are using the software.
The figures are the latest available from federal census data and suggest limited progress on the issue of suicide prevention by Veterans Affairs leaders.
