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NEWS ARTICLES - 2013

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May 26	Good Grief Camp Helps Families of Fallen Warriors Orange County Register (free registration may be needed to view the article) By: Jenny Sokol

May 26	On Memorial Day Weekend, Families Discuss Feeling the Presence of Lost Military Members The Washington Post By: Michael Ruane

May 25	Area Groups Donate Quilts to children Whose Family Members Died Carroll County Times By: Samantha Madison

May 25	Dempsey Kicks off Memorial Day Weekend with TAPS Families American Forces Press Service By: Karen Parrish

May 25	Survivors of Fallen Military Service Members - Speech by General Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff C-SPAN

May 25	Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors: General Dempsey Q&A With Kids C-SPAN

May 25	Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors: TAPS The White House (blog) By: Rosye B. Cloud

May 24	Memorial Day at the TAPS Good Grief Camp and Survivor Seminar A View From the Wood (Blog) By: John B. Wood

May 24	Memorial Day: A Whole New Meaning TIME By: Leslie McCaddon

May 24	Memorial Day: The Day for a Grateful Nation to Remember Joint Services Support (Blog) By: Diana Rodriguez

May 24	Record-breaking attendance Expected for Memorial Day Survivors' Gathering WTOP By: Kathy Stewart

May 24	TAPS Helps Families Of The Fallen Heal WAMU By: Armando Trull

May 23	Renice Zimmerman and Her Dog, Wynd, Serve Local Military in a Special Way Daily Press By: Selene D. Guerrero

May 22	Sevenly and the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors: Where Fashion Becomes Charity The Blog of a Bluegrass Belle

May 20	Jungle Golf Fundraiser: Putts for Patriots WINK

May 20	Memorial Day 2013 Jim's Senior News (Blog)

May 20	Ted's Take: Kudos to Skydex Technologies Ted's Take (Blog) - Washington Capitals By: Ted Leonsis

May 20	Veterans Organizations: Serving Those Who Serve The Heritage Foundation By: Genevieve Syverson

May 20	Who on Capitals would win Messier Award? Comcast SportsNet By: Chuck Gormley

May 19	Carry the Load Relay CNN By: Bethany Crudele

May 17	SKYDEX Technologies, Washington Capitals Raise over $100,000 to Benefit the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors Through 2012-13 Courage Caps Campaign Fort Mill Times (press release)

May 16	Baffling Rise in Suicides Plagues U.S. Military The New York Times By: Andrew Lehren, Jim Dao

May 16	Why National Guard and Reservist Suicide Numbers May Be Misleading The New York Times By: Andrew Lehren

May 15	Former 101st Airborne Commander's Spouse Remembered Clarksville Leaf Courier By: Philip Grey

May 15	Remember to Thank Our Military This May Fuquay-Varina Independent By: Kelly Griffith

May 14	Rolling Thunder(R), Inc.'s 26th Annual Memorial Day Demonstration Still Asking Accountability for those Prisoners of War/Missing in Action Press Release

May 13	Suicide Survivors Say Government Needs to Do More NBC 4 (WRC)

May 10	People Affected by Suicide Say Help is Available KSDK By: Art Holliday

May 9	Three Years Later: Two Students Connected by Their Fathers' Sacrifice The Collegian By: Kelly McHugh

May 7	Carry The Load Comes Through Charlottesville Newsplex

May 7	Student Vets Honored at Annual Event The Daily Titan By: Jennifer Nguyen & Crystal Chavira

May 2	HONORING OUR FALLEN: Chelsea's Clifford Collinsworth's Life and Death Impacted Many Heritage Newspapers By: Sean Dalton

May 1	VA Backlog Follows Veterans to the Grave Center for Investigative Reporting By: Aaron Glantz

Apr 29	All Hands Update: Tragedy Assistance Program Seeks Volunteers U.S. Navy

Apr 29	Chaplain Assistant Mentors Children of Fallen Service Members in TAPS Program U.S. Army By: Master Sergeant Billy G. Arnold, Jr., U.S. Army INSCOM Senior Chaplain Assistant

Apr 26	Association For Death Education And Counseling Convention Draws Grief, Dying, Thanatology Experts The Huffington Post By: Jaweed Kaleem

Apr 25	With Family, for Family Fort Hood Sentinel By: Daniel Cernero

Apr 22	Smooth Run: Inaugural Army Marathon Goes Off Without a Hitch Killeen Daily Herald By: Kevin Posival

Apr 22	Three Great Galas: Bachelors & Spinsters Bisnow

Apr 21	TAPS Team Joins Forces With Afghan, Coalition, Volunteer Organizations Afghanistan International Security Assistance Forces By: Staff Sgt. Bruce Cobbeldick, ISAF HQ Public Affairs

Apr 20	TAPS Team Joins Forces with Afghan, Coalition, Volunteer Organizations Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System

Apr 18	Walk to Honor Troops and First Responders During “Memorial Month” Delaware News-Journal By: Bill McMichael

Apr 14	Military Widows Come Together in the Mid-State News Channel 5 (Nashville, TN)

Apr 12	Top Ten Reasons I Admire Military Kids Department of Defense Live (blog) By: Elaine Sanchez

Apr 12	Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors — Honoring Life, Legacy of Fallen Heroes Colorado Springs Military Newspaper Group By: Spc. Nathan Thome

Apr 11	TAPS Helps Survivors of Military Casualties Rebuild Their Lives WSMV By: Julia Bruck

Apr 9	Triathlon Comes to Huntington Beach Huntington Beach Independent By: Anthony Clark

Apr 7	Memorial 5K is a Reunion for People Brought Together by 2005 Helicopter Crash Las Vegas Sun By: Brian Nordi

Apr 6	Event Helps Military Families Work Through Grief Colorado Springs Gazette By: Erin Prater

Apr 6	Families of Fallen Military Members Find Comfort, Support KRDO By: Lindsay Watts

Apr 5	NHL Team Hosts 10th Annual Military Appreciation Night American Forces Press Service By: Army Sgt. 1st Class Tyrone C. Marshall Jr.

Apr 4	‘Month of the Military Child’ Offers an Opportunity to Serve Quantico Sentry By: Ameesha Felton

Apr 4	Event Brings Veterans Together Through Community Service Stars & Stripes By: Leo Shane

Apr 4	Gold Star Wives Day Celebrated Friday at Fort Hood Fort Hood Sentinel By: James Elzie

Apr 3	Defending Freedom in its Hour of Maximum Danger A View from the Wood (Blog) By: John Be Wood

Apr 1	Capitals to Host Salute to the Military Night April 4 Washington Capitals

Mar 30	Benjamin Sculptor Uses Talent to Help Nonprofits Raise Funds Daily Herald By: Candi Higley

Mar 28	Iraq War Veteran Tomas Young Signs Off with 'Last Letter' KCUR (NPR) By: Frank Morris

Mar 26	Military Leaders Praise Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors Army.mil By: Terry Turner

Mar 25	Old Guard Soldier to Retire After 30 Years Military.com By: Julia LeDoux

Mar 25	Sterling Global Operations Continuing Support for TAPS Sterling Global Operations Inc. (press release)

Mar 24	Families Set Balloons Free For Fallen Soldiers Columbus Ledger-Enquirer By: Mike Haskey

Mar 21	DynCorp International Supports Families of the Fallen through the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors DynCorp International (press release)

Mar 21	Francisco's Career Reaches Crescendo Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System By: Joint Base Myer Henderson Hall

Mar 21	Helping Families Cope with Loss Great Falls Tribune By: Jenn Rowell

Mar 21	Officials Uphold Commitment to Suicide Prevention Solutions Fort Stewart Patch, American Forces Press Service By: Amaani Lyle

Mar 21	Officials Uphold Commitment to Suicide Prevention Solutions American Forces Press Service By: Amaani Lyle

Mar 21	Senate Hearing Focuses on Veteran Suicides Office of Senator Bernie Sanders (press release)

Mar 21	Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors Honor Guard Gala Army.mil By: Staff Sgt. Teddy Wade

Mar 20	Dempsey Honors Survivors of Those Killed on Duty American Forces Press Service By: Karen Parrish

Mar 20	Video: Military Leaders Praise TAPS The Pentagon Channel

Mar 20	TAPS Honor Guard Gala The Pentagon Channel

Mar 20	Video: Testimony of Kim Ruocco Before Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs Senate Veterans Affairs Committee

Mar 18	Woman Runs Army Marathon In Memory Of Two Brothers KCEN

Mar 17	Memorandum of Agreement with the Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors U.S. Coast Guard

Mar 12	Dempsey: Sequestration Will Affect Programs, Readiness American Forces Press Service By: Army Sgt. 1st Class Tyrone C. Marshall Jr.

Mar 12	SKYDEX Backs Washington Capitals’ Courage Caps Campaign to Support TAPS’ Mission to Provide Care to Loved Ones of the Fallen Yahoo News By: SKYDEX Technologies, Inc. (press release)

Mar 12	Tysons Regional Chamber of Commerce to Host 5K Tysons Corner Patch By: Rachel Leonard

Mar 10	Capitals Begin Selling 2013 Courage Caps Merchandise Capitals Outsider By: Philip Van der Vossen

Mar 10	Washington Capitals Launch Courage Caps Program Russian Machine Never Breaks By: Chris Gordon

Mar 8	Capitals Introduce Return of Courage Caps Comcast SportsNet

Mar 8	Courage Caps Ted's Take (blog) on Monumental Sports By: Ted Leonsis

Mar 8	The Back Page Extra for March 8, 2013 Washington Business Journal

Mar 6	CAPS: Carlson, Crabb, Hendricks and Hillen Skate for Courage Caps District Sports Page

Mar 4	Suicide Probe Sheds Light on WikiLeaks Case Courthouse News Service By: Adam Klasfeld

Mar 4	TAPS Sibling Retreat in Alaska KTUU

Mar 4	TAPS Sibling Retreat in Alaska KWCH

Mar 3	Caps Give Back to Families of Fallen Warriors WTOP By: Thomas Warren

Mar 3	Sunday Caps Clips: Jet Back Japers' Rink (blog)

Mar 3	The Life and Death of Clay Hunt CBS 60 Minutes By: Byron Pitts, David Schneider

Mar 3	Washington Capitals Players Skate with Families of Fallen Soldiers RMNB (Blog) By: Chris Gordon

Mar 2	CAPS: Washington Capitals to Host Courage Caps Skating Party for TAPS District Sports Page

Feb 20	TAPS Seminar & Camp at Fort Benning to Help Survivors Heal The Bayonet By: Adrienne Anderson

Feb 18	Thousands Take Part in a Windy 2013 Great Aloha Run Hawaii News Now By: Ramsay Wharton

Feb 14	KIA's Fiance Climbs for Survivors Blog - Weapons Man

Feb 14	She's on a Climb of a Lifetime After Death of Fiance in Iraq Portsmouth Herald By: Deborah Mcdermott

Feb 11	Editorial: The Military Suicide Epidemic Tampa Bay Online By: Editorial Board

Feb 11	On Deployment - Ambiguous Loss The Examiner By: Susan Oliver Nelson

Feb 7	Gulf War Syndrome, Other Illnesses Among Veterans May Be Due To Toxic Environments The Huffington Post By: Lynne Peeples

Feb 6	Military Matters: Troop Suicides Hit Record High In 2012 WNYF Fox 28

Feb 2	325 Army Suicides in 2012 a Record CNN By: Tom Watkins, Maggie Schneider

Feb 1	Most Suicides Ever for Army, Military San Antonio Express-News By: Sig Christiansen

Jan 31	American Deaths in Afghanistan War Drop to Four-Year Low Associated Press By: Robert Burns

Jan 31	Doing Business Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce

Jan 31	Gold Star Sister Trains to Honor Fallen Brothers at 2013 Fort Hood Sentinel By: Heather Graham-Ashley

Jan 28	'Like an Airborne Disease:' Concern Grows About Military Suicides Spreading Within Families NBC News By: Bill Briggs

Jan 28	Suicide: The Silent Killer On the Rise in the Military New Jersey Newsroom By: Adele Sammarco

Jan 25	Son's Suicide Prompts Compassionate Crusade The News Journal By: Beth Miller

Jan 23	A National Precedent for a Disgrace in Treating Our Veterans with PTSD National Catholic Reporter By: Morna Murray

Jan 23	Military Seeing Rise in Personnel Suicides WIBC By: Alex Brown

Jan 22	Another Threat Stalks Our Troops: Suicide Claims More Soldiers' Lives Than the Afghan War Staten Island Advance By: Editorial Board

Jan 22	Washingtonian Magazine Celebrates Starry Night Inaugural Ball at the National Air and Space Museum Pamela's Punch By: Lindsey Clark

Jan 20	Casualties Keep Mounting, Even As War Winds Down Ledger-Enquirer By: Editorial Board

Jan 17	Military Matters: The Veteran Suicide Crisis By: Jennifer Granholm

Jan 17	The Startling Facts About Suicide in the Military Current TV By: Kate Elston, Jennifer Granholm

Jan 15	Military Suicides Hit New High in 2012 Newser By: Rob Quinn

Jan 15	Military Suicides on the Rise, Pentagon Reports CNN By: Barbara Starr

Jan 15	Pentagon Reports Record Number of Suicides CNN Blog By: Barbara Starr

Jan 14	2012 Military Suicides Jump to Record 349, Some See Problem Worsening as Troops Come Home Associated Press

Jan 14	Lynyrd Skynyrd to Honor Military Heroes at Washington, DC Concert This Weekend WFJA 105.3

Jan 14	Military Suicides Reached Record High in 2012 The Huffington Post By: Bob Burns

Jan 14	Military Suicides Set New Record San Antonio Express-News By: Sig Christiansen

Jan 14	U.S. Military's Suicide Rate Surpassed Combat Deaths In 2012 National Public Radio (NPR) By: Bill Chappell

Jan 14	US Military Suicides Peaked in 2012 DC Spotlight By: Alia Knight

Jan 13	War Widows From Across the Nation Finding Joy Again on Bozeman Retreat Bozeman Daily Chronicle By: Amanda Ricker

Jan 12	Retreat Helps Military Widows Connect, Heal NBC Montana By: Katherine Mozzone

Jan 12	Soldiers' Widows Get A Well-Earned Retreat KAJ18 By: Ben Trotter

Jan 12	The Hard Road Back: A Soldier’s Requiem, Never Fading Away The New York Times By: Jim Dao

Jan 11	Soldiers' Widows Get a Well-Earned Retreat KBZK By: Ben Trotter

Jan 7	Soldier, Lesbian, War Widow Military Times By: Karen Jowers

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