{"id":71030,"date":"2021-10-05T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2021\/10\/05\/all-7-living-former-sevcvas-seek-national-warrior-call-day-to-raise-military-suicide-awareness\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:11:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:11:35","slug":"all-7-living-former-sevcvas-seek-national-warrior-call-day-to-raise-military-suicide-awareness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/veterans\/2021\/10\/05\/all-7-living-former-sevcvas-seek-national-warrior-call-day-to-raise-military-suicide-awareness\/","title":{"rendered":"All 7 living former SECVAs seek \u2018National Warrior Call Day\u2019 to raise military suicide awareness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All seven living former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/education-transition\/2021\/09\/02\/change-of-mission-understanding-your-va-benefits-at-separation\/\" target=\"_blank\">Veterans Affairs<\/a> secretaries are calling for Sun., Nov. 21, to be declared \u201cNational Warrior Call Day\u201d to draw public awareness to veteran and military <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2021\/06\/21\/four-times-as-many-troops-and-vets-have-died-by-suicide-as-in-combat-study-finds\/\" target=\"_blank\">suicide<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs former secretaries of the Department of Veterans Affairs, we understand firsthand the challenges active-duty service members and veterans face and the need for their peers, friends, and family to lift them up,\u201d the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2021\/07\/22\/va-delays-further-rollout-of-new-multi-billion-dollar-record-system-until-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\">VA<\/a> Secretaries sent to Congress reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The former secretaries circulated a letter on Capitol Hill, urging Congress to make the date official by passing a proposed amendment to the FY 2022 National Defense Authorization Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is signed by Anthony Principi (4th VA secretary), Jim Nicholson (5th VA secretary), James B. Peake (6th VA secretary), Eric Shinseki (7th VA secretary), Robert A. McDonald (8th VA secretary), David Shulkin (9th VA secretary) and Robert Wilkie (10th VA secretary).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The \u201cWarrior Call Day\u201d amendment is based on a bipartisan resolution introduced in, but not passed out of, the House by Representatives Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) and Elaine Luria (D-Va.).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As an amendment to the NDAA, it seeks to raise awareness about suicide among veterans and military members by urging Americans to reach out to them and \u201clet them know they care\u201d through a call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe goal is to have individuals make a call, take a call,\u2019\u201d the letter reads. In addition to a day of uplift and compassion with active-duty personnel, it also hopes to provide enhanced connectivity between veterans in need and the VA. According to the letter, \u201croughly two-thirds\u201d of veterans who die by suicide \u201chad no contact with the VA.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Warrior Call is designed to address the pressing challenge of military and veteran suicide. Lawmakers understand by now that military suicide outpaces the public in a significant way. The resolution presents some of the relevant statistics succinctly, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00b7 The number of suicides of members of the armed forces serving on active duty increased to 377 in 2020, compared to 348 the previous year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00b7 Veteran suicide has steadily increased since 2014 with 6,435 veterans taking their own lives in 2018, though dipped modestly in 2019. (The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2021\/09\/08\/veteran-suicides-decreased-7-percent-in-2019-to-lowest-level-in-12-years\/\" target=\"_blank\">most recent VA data on veteran suicides<\/a> show that the 6,261 veteran deaths by suicide in 2019 are 399 fewer than 2018 and equate to about 17 per day. That figure is well below the often-quoted \u201c22 a day\u201d statistic regarding veterans suicide, which was based on an estimate used by VA officials a decade ago. When factoring in active-duty military, reservists and other associated groups, the total is closer to 20 a day.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u00b7 After adjusting for sex and age, the rate of veteran suicide in 2018 was 27.5 per 100,000 individuals, higher than the rate among all United States adults at 18.3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to the secretaries, calls to veterans will \u201chelp connect veterans into the VA system,\u201d thereby reducing the number of veterans who take their own lives annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt is not an overstatement to note that increasing connection within the military community and steering individuals to important resources will save lives.,\u201d the letter reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Veterans experiencing a mental health emergency can contact the Veteran Crisis Line at 1-800-273-8255 and select option 1 for a VA staffer. 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