New Hyperbaric Treatment Center in Texas Aims to Cut Veteran Suicide Rate
Published on April 3, 2024
HUNTSVILLE, Texas—After his father-in-law, a Vietnam veteran who served in the Marines as a sniper, committed suicide in 2015, Mikel Burroughs felt driven to take action. So Mr. Burroughs, himself a retired Army Colonel, started Warriors for Life, which raised money for veterans and offered a peer-to-peer support group for veterans, first responders, and caregivers alike through online meetings. It’s sometimes difficult for service men and women to adjust to civilian life, and many never fill out their disability forms when they leave the military, he said. That point was driven home for him after three female veterans he knew took their own lives after leaving the military....