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The 2021 Brandon Act was named after 21-year-old Navy Petty Officer Brandon Caserta, who died by suicide in 2018.

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin said Wednesday that the service is investigating the suicide of an airman who set himself on fire in front of the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C., this week to protest ongoing violence in Gaza.

Several recent developments signal increased support for psychological assessments and treatments. 

Named after Brandon Caserta, the law improves the referral process for service members seeking a mental health evaluation & allows them to seek help confidentially.

Virginia Senator Tim Kaine said, it's one thing to dream up new laws. It's another thing making sure that they actually work.

A grieving father who lost his son -- an airman at Cannon Air Force Base -- to suicide this month has written an open letter to the service's leadership, as well as the Joint Chiefs chairman and defense secretary.

Until this year, the relatively tiny and new Space Force had been an outlier among the other services as they have struggled to reduce the number of troops who take their own lives.