AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - September is National Suicide Prevention Month. In Augusta-Richmond County, suicides have nearly doubled from 2019 to 2023.

Nationally, veterans transitioning out of active duty remain among the most at-risk groups.

An OIG, Office of Inspector General, report found a severe staffing shortage at the Augusta VA , creating an even bigger challenge for veterans transitioning into civilian life. 

On August 16, 2012, at Kandahar Airfield, A Kiowa warrior pilot takes off after receiving a report of a fallen angel. Captain Lucas Crabtree spends the next six hours locating the enemy on the ground from the air. 

Crabtree helped recover the bodies of seven American service members, three members of the Afghan national security forces and an Afghan civilian interpr

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