For Richard: White Star Families and the Grief America Doesn't See

This episode is personal.Released on the first day of PTSD Awareness Month, this podcast shines a light on White Star Families — the families of veterans and service members lost to suicide. Unlike Gold Star Families, who receive federal recognition and public honor, White Star Families carry their grief largely in silence, without official acknowledgment, and too often without the support they deserve.Every year in the United States, approximately six thousand veterans die by suicide. That is seventeen families every single day who wake up carrying a loss the world does not always know how to acknowledge.This episode is dedicated to Army Sergeant First Class Richard David Tarmy — born October 26th, 1969, who served his country in Operation Iraqi Freedom with the United States Army Signal Corps, and who was lost on March 25th, 2013. This episode is for Richard, for his family, and for every White Star Family carrying a grief America doesn't always see.If you or someone you know needs help, call or text 988 and press 1 for the Veterans Crisis Line. Available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.Send us Fan Mail