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Suicide Prevention Awareness Month

Sept. 30, 2025

Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month

We are all in this together and must stand the watch as one force! 

Coast Guard Petty Officer First Class Michael Mealey (ret.) and Chief Petty Officer Chad Cruset represent Port Security Unit (PSU) 309 at the 2024 DoW Suicide Prevention Recognition Ceremony held at the Pentagon on September 4, 2025. Rear Admiral Shane Steiner, Acting Assistant Commandant for Workforce and Family Services, presented certificates and coins to PSU 309 and members from Sector Northern New England (not pictured) recognizing their outstanding work in suicide prevention.

Sept. 29, 2025

Coast Guard units recognized for outstanding suicide prevention efforts

Sector Northern New England and Port Security Unit 309 receive well-deserved recognition for their innovative efforts to increase suicide awareness and prevention.

Suicide Prevention Awareness Month

Sept. 9, 2025

Connectedness saves lives: Every Coast Guard man and woman, every day

Here are steps YOU can take to increase connectedness during Suicide Prevention Month.

Suicide Prevention Ribbon.

Dec. 16, 2024

Units: Stand in solidarity for suicide prevention this holiday season

Mandatory stand-down for suicide prevention, unit participation by Dec. 21.

The Coast Guard recognizes September as National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month.

Sept. 4, 2024

It’s okay to ask for help: Connect to Protect

September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month

Chaplain Capt. David Morris speaks at an Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training shop at the Lowery A. Woodall Advanced Technology Center in Hattiesburg, Miss., on Jan. 25, 2017. Morris was one of three chaplains to speak to the group. Morris has been teaching at the ASIST shop since he commissioned. (Mississippi National Guard photo by Spc. Christopher Shannon, 102d Public Affairs Detachment)

Dec. 15, 2022

Members learn to teach peers about suicide intervention

Building a network of support through training to teach the skills to prevent suicide and intervene if needed.

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Sept. 13, 2022

Suicide Prevention Awareness Month: Identifying people who are at risk for suicide

This month, we acknowledge Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. Many of us who have known or heard of someone who died by suicide have asked ourselves how we, or someone, might have better recognized the risk and intervened in order to prevent the tragedy. This feeling may be amplified with the knowledge, according to a national study, that in 2020

Kevin Hines is shown digitally imposed against the backdrop of the Golden Gate bridge, the location of his suicide attempt more than 20 years ago. Hines is now a mental health advocate and shares his story to help others struggling with suicidal thoughts.

Sept. 8, 2022

Lessons from jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge—survivor shares his story to help others 

September is Suicide Awareness and Prevention Month and Kevin Hines shares his story and resources for those in need.

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Aug. 10, 2022

How you can help prevent suicide and support mental health

 Apply by Friday, Aug. 12 for important new trainings

New suicide and crisis lifeline – 988 – now available throughout the United States for immediate crisis care. (Graphic courtesy Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)

July 19, 2022

New suicide and crisis line for anyone in the US to access crisis care

Dial 988 to access the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

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