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Congresswoman Jen Kiggans, who represents the 2nd District, introduced last week the Sailor Standard of Care Act, what she calls a “bipartisan solution” to improve mental health care for sailors. She championed the legislation in response to the suicides of seven Hampton Roads-based sailors last year. The tally for 2023 is already at two.

A command investigation into a string of four back-to-back suicides at the U.S. Navy's Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center (MARMC) has identi...

Fair winds and following seas ET2 Kody Decker, ETSN Cameron Armstrong, MMFN Deonte Autry and FC2 Janelle Holder.

The sailors were identified as Kody Decker, Deonte Antwoine Autry, Janelle Holder, and Seaman Cameron Elan Armstrong by Rochelle Rieger, spokesperson for Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance Center, where all four sailors were assigned at the time of their deaths.

Congressman Seth Moulton, said that key provisions of the Brandon Act, named for Brandon Caserta who died via suicide, still aren’t in place in the military services.