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416th Theater Engineer Command implements suicide prevention program liaison training
March 25, 2022 — The 416th Theater Engineer Command (TEC) hosted the Suicide Prevention Program Liaison (SPPL) training from March 1-4, 2022, at the Parkhurst Army Reserve Center... MORE

983rd Engineer Battalion Forward Support Company embraces community, health and protective risk factors
February 24, 2022 — The 983rd Engineer Battalion Forward Support Company (FSC) discussed community, health and protective factors after one of their own died by suicide this year. Unit leaders want Soldiers to know mental health and their welfare, regardless of duty status, is paramount. The ripple effect of losing a Soldier is felt across not only the unit, but the Army Reserve and Army as a whole. The unit held a memorial to remember the Soldier, as well as offer opportunities for others to begin to heal in Monclova, Ohio, in January... MORE

Army implements new suicide prevention initiative
December 1, 2021 — The Army is implementing a public health approach to suicide based on Centers for Disease Control suicide prevention efforts. The new, comprehensive and integrated policies, which focus on prevention, rather than intervention, are outlined in the forthcoming Army Suicide Prevention Program regulation scheduled to be published in the first quarter of 2022... MORE

USACAPOC(A) Suicide Prevention Program outlines that it takes more than one approach to stop the crisis
October 21, 2021 — As Soldiers, we have come to expect that each month there will be a different focus for the Army. A different culture will be highlighted, a different program will take the spotlight, but Angela Dunston, Suicide Prevention Program Manager (SPPM) for the U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne) outlined that suicide prevention is a year round battle... MORE

Angela Dunston, Suicide Prevention Program Manager (SPPM) for the U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), was on hand to answer questions during training classes at USACAPOC(A) headquarters, Fort Bragg, N.C., Sept. 25, 2021. Dunston’s training sessions involved not only standard SPP materials, but included briefings from the Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention manager, the Chaplain’s office, the Army Substance Abuse Program manager, the Intelligence section, and the command Education Program manager.

Relationships, connections and support critical to preventing suicide
September 15, 2021 — Challenges created by the pandemic have left many feeling stressed and isolated. During times like these, relationships and interpersonal connections to family and friends are vital to a person’s wellbeing... MORE

Saving lives on and off duty: U.S. Army Reserve Soldier prevents suicide attempt
June 15, 2021 — U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Joseph Strehl, a police officer in the St. Louis Police Department and operational law paralegal non-commissioned officer in the 11th Expeditionary Combat Aviation Brigade, was returning home early on the night of Nov. 9, 2020, after patrolling the streets when a call for a destruction of property was dispatched. Despite not being on duty, Strehl reacted to the call and arrived at the scene... MORE

Army Reserve Commands focus on connectedness in suicide prevention to make people first
June 2, 2021 — In walking into an Army Reserve ‘Stand for Life’ suicide prevention training event, one may encounter dancing, stretching exercises, podcast interviews, and a good amount of collaboration taking place... MORE

The suicide prevention media team conduct media interviews during the Stand for Life training event at Camp Bullis, Texas, May 11, 2021.

2 basic combat trainees stop suicide attempt, receive 'battlefield promotions'
September 22, 2020 — Two basic combat trainees who stopped the suicide attempt of another trainee were given “on-the-spot” promotions during a ceremony Sept. 18 at Fort Sill... MORE

Two Fort Sill basic combat trainees receive 'battlefield promotions'

Stand for Life connects suicide prevention skills in a virtual world
September 11, 2020 — “If there is any time where we need suicide prevention training, it is now,” said Army Reserve Capt. Devin Richter, assigned to the 85th U.S. Army Reserve Support Command’s 3rd battalion, 383rd Regiment, based in St. Louis, Missouri. “It’s during COVID that people are not able to interact with their friends and loved ones like they used to. We are not a people of isolation. We are a people of interaction. We thrive off of others. We get energy from others. Others lift us up.”... MORE

Army Reserve suicide prevention program managers begin their first virtual Stand for Life suicide prevention training event with 79 suicide prevention liaisons across Army Reserve units throughout the continental U.S.

327th Medical Detachment teaches Soldiers the BASICS of mental health
August 7, 2020 — If you or your Soldiers are struggling with mental health issues while deployed odds are there are people right around the corner ready to help. ... MORE

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