Department of Defense Releases Annual Report on Suicide in the Military: Calendar Year 2022

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Today, the Department of Defense (DoD) released the DoD Annual Report on Suicide in the Military: Calendar Year (CY) 2022, providing annual suicide data of Service members and their dependents, and outlining current and ongoing suicide prevention efforts across the DoD.  

As part of Secretary Austin's wide-reaching efforts to prevent suicide, including establishment of the Suicide Prevention and Response Independent Review Committee (SPRIRC) in 2022, he recently approved a campaign plan in September 2023 with five lines of effort and multiple enabling tasks to strengthen the Department's suicide prevention strategy. This includes over 100 actions directed by the Secretary to help prevent suicide among our Armed Forces.