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Marines grapple with highest suicide rate of all US military services
In total, 61 active duty Marines and six Marine reservists died by suicide in 2022.
Will the military ‘widows tax’ disappear this year?
The issue costs about 65,000 surviving military spouses an average of $11,000 a year.
Families of fallen Guard, reservists push for expanded scholarship benefits
Rules for VA education benefits still exclude non-active-duty service members.
University trumpeters among volunteers playing ‘Taps’ for veterans’ funerals
Ten trumpet students at a Louisiana university are offering to play Taps at veterans' funerals, rather than leave the haunting farewell bugle call to a mechanical device.
Pence: ‘Your loved one’s duty was to serve. Our duty is to remember.’
The vice president addressed family members of fallen troops who've gathered in Washington, D.C., for an annual Memorial Day weekend seminar and 'Good Grief Camp.'
By Karen Jowers
Commentary: 82nd Airborne’s new policy on memorial honors for troops who die by suicide ‘sends wrong message’
The elite unit leads by example and should reverse the new policy, says the widow of an officer who died by suicide.
By Kim Ruocco
US tragedy assistance group wants to help military families in Ukraine
TAPS is sharing what it has learned about peer-based emotional support with an increasing number of countries around the world ― most recently Ukraine.
By Victoria Leoni
NFL sends 20 families of the fallen to the Pro Bowl
The move is in partnership with the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors.
By Karen Jowers
Pennsylvania town relocates Navy officer's nightly 'Taps' rendition
Neighbors had complained about the noise after the lieutenant commander added loudspeakers to his nightly tribute.
Surviving family members to attend games as NFL honors their fallen military heroes
NFL teams honor fallen service members and recognize their family members this weekend.
By Karen Jowers