17 Aug 2022 - The Intercept

Responders at the Veterans Crisis Line call centre in Canandaigua, New York, work at their stations on June 4, 2019 - Between 2008 and 2016, more than 6,000 veterans -- many of them gun-owners -- killed themselves each year, amounting to some 20 deaths a day, according to a report last year from the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The Veterans Crisis Line was launched in 2007 with a staff of 14; it now has more than 900 employees, with three call centers across the country, director Matt Miller told AFP. Forty years after the hell of Vietnam and 17 years after US troops first intervened in Afghanistan, "there is a lot more awareness" about veterans' needs, said Marcelle Leis, who heads the Dwyer Project after 20 years in the Air National Guard. (Photo by Geoff Robins / AFP) (Photo credit should read GEOFF ROBINS/AFP via Getty Images)

The Navy Promised to Do More to Prevent Veteran Suicides. It’s Failing at the Most Basic Measure.

Responders at the Veterans Crisis Line call centre in Canandaigua, New York, work at their stations on June 4, 2019 - Between 2008 and 2016, more than 6,000 veterans -- many of them gun-owners -- killed themselves each year, amounting to some 20 deaths a day, according to a report last year from the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The Veterans Crisis Line was launched in 2007 with a staff of 14; it now has more than 900 employees, with three call centers across the country, director Matt Miller told AFP. Forty years after the hell of Vietnam and 17 years after US troops first intervened in Afghanistan, "there is a lot more awareness" about veterans' needs, said Marcelle Leis, who heads the Dwyer Project after 20 years in the Air National Guard. (Photo by Geoff Robins / AFP) (Photo credit should read GEOFF ROBINS/AFP via Getty Images)

The Navy Promised to Do More to Prevent Veteran Suicides. It’s Failing at the Most Basic Measure.

Responders at the Veterans Crisis Line call centre in Canandaigua, New York, work at their stations on June 4, 2019 - Between 2008 and 2016, more than 6,000 veterans -- many of them gun-owners -- killed themselves each year, amounting to some 20 deaths a day, according to a report last year from the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The Veterans Crisis Line was launched in 2007 with a staff of 14; it now has more than 900 employees, with three call centers across the country, director Matt Miller told AFP. Forty years after the hell of Vietnam and 17 years after US troops first intervened in Afghanistan, "there is a lot more awareness" about veterans' needs, said Marcelle Leis, who heads the Dwyer Project after 20 years in the Air National Guard. (Photo by Geoff Robins / AFP) (Photo credit should read GEOFF ROBINS/AFP via Getty Images)

The Navy Promised to Do More to Prevent Veteran Suicides. It’s Failing at the Most Basic Measure.

Most Navy websites do not comply with regulations to promote the Veterans Crisis Line, an internal audit found, as officials take unprecedented steps to prevent suicide in the military.

New York's 10th Congressional District candidate Dan Goldman speaks during an environmental policy forum presented by The New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund and The Cooper Union., Tuesday, July 19, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

New York Times Faces Backlash Over Dan Goldman Endorsement Debacle

David Dayen, Alexander Sammon, Ryan Grim

New York's 10th Congressional District candidate Dan Goldman speaks during an environmental policy forum presented by The New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund and The Cooper Union., Tuesday, July 19, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

New York Times Faces Backlash Over Dan Goldman Endorsement Debacle

David Dayen, Alexander Sammon, Ryan Grim

New York's 10th Congressional District candidate Dan Goldman speaks during an environmental policy forum presented by The New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund and The Cooper Union., Tuesday, July 19, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

New York Times Faces Backlash Over Dan Goldman Endorsement Debacle

David Dayen, Alexander Sammon, Ryan Grim

There are ties between the families of Goldman and Times publisher A.G. Sulzberger, who took an interest in the endorsement.