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  • Two days could mean a lifetime to a Wingman

    Airmen can find the courage to help from Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training, or ASIST, a suicide intervention skills training offered every month at Joint Base San Antonio. ASIST helps participants become more willing, ready and able to intervene with someone at risk of suicide.

  • Suicide prevention month: stopping suicide is everyone’s battle

    September is Suicide Prevention Month, a time for Americans to build awareness and help understand suicide in our culture. More than 40,000 Americans lose their life due to suicide each year and research shows that rates in the military and the general population are very close. The loss of any one

  • 59th MDW promotes suicide awareness with Run for Life 5k

    Airmen, government civilians and their family members gathered Saturday at Heritage Park on Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas to draw attention to a rising  issue in America today – suicide.The crowd of nearly 260 took part in the fourth annual “5K Run for Life.” Sponsored by the 59th Medical

  • Say "No" to suicide

    At this moment, there are over seven billion people in this world; seven billion lives are separated by land and sea, cultural differences and socio-economic backgrounds, but fundamentally, our hearts beat the same, our eyes open each morning to the start of a new day and dreams of a life full of