 Welcome to All Hands Update, I'm Petty Officer Ian Cotter. A Defense Department report released January 15th states that suicides among active duty service members decreased in 2013. According to the 2013 DOD Suicide Event Annual Report, there were 259 active duty suicides that year. The most common causes of suicide were failed relationships among married service members, financial issues and workplace difficulties. The report found that just over 66 percent of those who committed suicide had been previously deployed. The DOD offers more than a dozen suicide prevention programs to service members, veterans and their families. For more information on suicide prevention, visit the Defense Suicide Prevention Office website. Another resource is the Veterans Crisis Line, an anonymous support site that provides round-the-clock assistance. You can reach out to them via phone or online at veteranscrisisline.net.