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The Brandon Act, if approved, would make it easier for service members to seek mental health treatment confidentially.

The provision is in response to the 2018 suicide of a sailor who was bullied by a supervisor and faced challenges receiving medical care.

On the anniversary of their son’s death, one Gold Star Family is continuing to fight for change in the military. Brandon Caserta, a sailor at Naval Station Norfolk, died by suicide three years ago.

Lawmakers reintroduce Brandon Act to offer troops confidential access to mental health care by   Brandon Caserta, an aircrew aviation electrician’s mate striker in Norflolk, Va., died by suicide June 25, 2018, at age 21. The command investigation into his death found that “belligerence, vulgarity and brash leadership” contributed to Caserta’s decision to end his own life. (Patrick and Teri Caserta) WASHINGTON — After a failed attempt last year, lawmakers reintroduced a bill Wedn...

The Vast Majority of Active-Duty Military Deaths Happen in the U.S.—What Is Going Wrong? Despite the “preventability” of most U.S. troop deaths, whistleblowers and critics contend that the problem is only getting worse given that few are ever held accountable. It is the stuff of nightmares: losing your only child, a U.S servicemember, not to war in a far-flung place but while on-duty right here on home soil.  For Patrick Caserta, a retired Navy career counselor with 22 years of service h...

2 NJ officers charged in attack, filing false report April 27, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail PATERSON, N.J. (AP) — Two Paterson police officers late last year attacked a person, hitting him in the face and body, and then falsely filed a report saying the person punched one of them in the chest and was “screaming profanities” at them, acting U.S. Attorney Rachael Honig said Tuesday in a statement. Officers Kevin Patino, 29, and Kendry Tineo-Restituyo, 28, both of Paterson, have been charged wi...