Navy issues new ‘playbook’ for addressing sailors’ mental health needs

The Navy launched a “Mental Well being Playbook” Tuesday that aims to facilitate mental overall health conversations concerning commanders and their sailors and eliminate the oft-perceived stigma involved with seeking…

4 Navy sailors assigned to same facility die by apparent suicide within weeks, amid growing concerns of mental health crisis

At minimum 4 U.S. Navy sailors assigned to the very same facility in Virginia died by suicide in the past couple months, which includes just one as not long ago…