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Pre-screening recruits for military life compatibility and intervening before soldiers’ problems mushroom are some of the suicide prevention tactics Army National Guard leaders recommend.

Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, discussed progress and challenges in Afghanistan with top military and diplomatic officials during a three-hour visit to Kabul.

Pictures and stories on the news “just don’t capture” the scope of the floods that have ravaged Pakistan, Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said after a tour of the region.

Just days after the combat mission in Iraq ended, First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, reminded Americans that their commitment to military families must carry on.

The U.S. military is boosting its flood-relief capabilities to Pakistan by deploying more aircraft and increasing the number of aid distribution stations in the flood-stricken nation, the Pakistan aid task force commander said.

The Air National Guard’s “Wingman Project” trains citizen-airmen and their families to recognize the signs of suicide and help others in need.

Sailors assigned to the USS Constitution, which is visiting Baltimore, home of its sister ship the USS Constellation, have prepared and served food at a local homeless shelter as part of Baltimore Navy Week.

In her latest blog, AFPS’ Elaine Wilson writes about the Department of Defense Education Activity’s new virtual high school that’s helping to fill in gaps for military students.

The insurgency in southwestern Afghanistan is down to its “last card in the deck,” the top military commander in the region said, citing Taliban cash flow problems and manning issues.

There are now enough resources in Afghanistan to deliver “tangible and lasting results,” Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said during a joint news conference in Kabul with Afghan President Hamid Karzai.