Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Veteran's Crisis Line Soldiers assigned to 2nd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment conduct fast rope insertion training from a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some callers to the Veterans Crisis Line faced difficulties Tuesday reaching the Department of Veterans Affairs directly through ...

The roughly 1,100 people who pick up the phone at the Veterans Crisis Line comfort Americans who are in the midst of life’s darkest moments. The Afghanistan war veteran who wakes up with nightmares ...

The rollout of new location identification tools will help connect more retired servicemembers in crisis with nearby emergency services, even as responders work to maintain their privacy, a Department ...

Call: 988 or 1-800-273-TALK (8255) For Text Telephone (TTY) users: Use your preferred relay service or dial 711 then 988 Visit: www.988lifeline.org Chat: Text with a Crisis Line responder – Send a ...

Lawmakers want VA leaders to better secure the department's suicide prevention hotline amid a spate of short-term outages. (Veterans Affairs) Editor’s note: Veterans in need of emergency counseling ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. (KCTV) - An investigation has found that a VA-led crisis line for veterans may be severely mismanaged. U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ ...

Fifteen employees of the Veterans Crisis Line were fired, despite the VA's assurance that "mission-critical employees" would be exempt from dismissals. Senator Tammy Baldwin expressed concern over the ...

A sign for the Military and Veterans Crisis Line reading “Dial 988 then Press 1” is seen at the entrance to the Nebraska National Guard air base in Lincoln, Nebraska, on Sept. 9, 2022. (U.S. Army ...

A federal watchdog found that a national hotline for veterans suffering a mental health crisis was struggling to keep its responders trained to handle the most belligerent and abusive callers, and ...

Some callers to the Veterans Crisis Line faced difficulties Tuesday reaching the Department of Veterans Affairs directly through the service's "Press 1" option, an issue VA officials said was resolved ...