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In This Issue September 5, 2014
SecDef Addresses Suicide Prevention
What Is a Firing Offense at the VA?
Deaths and VA Wait Times: Facts vs Claims
Older Vets Dying by Suicide at Alarming Rate
Women Vets Less Likely to Drink
September Is National Suicide Prevention Month

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SecDef Addresses Suicide Prevention

Suicide Prevention
From a September 2 DoD News article: "Preventing military suicide is one of DoD's highest priorities, and something I'm personally committed to as Secretary of Defense. As we observe Suicide Prevention Month, we must rededicate ourselves to actively working, not only every month, but every day, to fulfill our collective responsibility to watch out for each other and take care of each other."
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From the Montgomery (AL) Advertiser

What Is a Firing Offense at the VA?

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From an August 28 House Veterans Affairs bulletin: According to an editorial in the August 19 Montgomery (AL) Advertiser, a VA police officer found that a Central Alabama Veterans Health Care System employee took a patient to a crack house and helped the patient buy illegal drugs. As if that weren't bad enough, the investigation also found that the employee was guilty of patient abuse, misusing government vehicles, filing false requests for overtime pay, and multiple ethics violations. Yet the employee is still on the payroll and is still being paid with the taxpayers' money more than a year after this conduct occurred.
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As Reported by The Washington Post

Deaths and VA Wait Times: Facts vs Claims

Phoenix VA
From a September 2 article by Glen Kessler on the Washington Post Fact Checker blog, there is a difference between the claims and facts surrounding the allegations that veterans had died at the Phoenix VA because they could not get an appointment.
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Older Vets Dying by Suicide at Alarming Rate

When life gets difficult, suicide can seem like the only way out. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration/Steven White)
From an August 31 article on Military.com by Bryant Jordan, veteran suicide numbers have gone up in recent years with much of the attention focused on veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan killing themselves. However, almost seven out of ten veterans who have committed suicide were over the age of 50, according to a Department of Veterans Affairs study. 
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As Reported by the British Psychological Society

Women Vets Less Likely to Drink

In a September 2 article in the journal of the British Psychological Society, a new study finds that women who have served in the military are less likely to drink than their counterparts in the civilian world. Research published in "Armed Forces & Society" noted that many female service personnel are conscious of the negative link between alcohol use and the threat of sexual assault and harassment.
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September Is National Suicide Prevention Month

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