These characteristics closely match the Navy demographics. However, more than 60 percent were petty officers, and of those petty officers, most were E-6. At the time of death, most had intense feelings over a relationship breakdown or recent legal or disciplinary action. Most often they killed themselves with a personally owned weapon in a familiar setting, such as a home or barracks, while on liberty or unauthorized absence. Getting those who see the signs to report them is a key element to improving the Navy suicide prevention effort.
Shipmates can save a friend's life.
For more information contact your chain of command, or visit the area family service center, Chaplain or medical treatment facility. For six weeks, personnel will hear constant reminders about the CFC program, and most units or bases will have some sort of contribution counter to chart the campaign's progress. If you have personally been touched by the generosity of an organization that is part of CFC, please contact your local public affairs office so your story can be shared and others can see how participation in this very important program helps their fellow Sailors and Marines. U.S. and Albanian armed forces are conducting bilateral peacekeeping training in a mountainous region in the vicinity of Durres, Albania, through October 14. The exercise, named Rescue Eagle, is a combined bilateral overland search and rescue exercise involving U.S. Sixth Fleet amphibious shipping and landing forces and Albanian military forces.