Christine E. Wormuth

So I was able, I think, to accomplish quite a bit in the role.

And the Biden administration – In the case of each of the military departments, myself, Christine Wormuth in the Army, who had been undersecretary for policy in the Obama years, and then Carlos del Toro, who had been a Naval Academy graduate, Naval officer or businessman, brought people with good, relevant experience to the jobs who understood what they needed to do and how to do it and were fairly effective.

And we all stayed through the entire term.

All three of us, which I think is that's a little bit unusual, but it says something about the fact that people were picked who were interested in actually doing the job and would stay there for a period of time, try to be effective.

Suicide is an intensely difficult problem to solve.

As Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth rightly put it, quote, "One suicide is one too many." But the daunting challenge of eliminating suicide in the armed forces hasn't stopped military leaders from trying.

In the second half of 2021, after an increase in suicides in 2020 compared to the year prior, the Army implemented a new suicide prevention policy for the fiscal year of 2022.

Mandatory wellness checks, suicide prevention teaching and training, new handbooks for senior commanders on mental health, and integrated prevention efforts aimed to create positive climates were some of the main tenets established in the comprehensive overhaul.