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Army Orders Daily Leader Check-Ins With Every Soldier Through Jan. 15 to Prevent Suicides

The memo pairs required outreach with 988 guidance and cites an Alaska unit’s results as the model.

Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll issued a holiday letter to the service that instructs leaders to make daily contact with every soldier through Jan. 15.
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Overview

  • An officer or noncommissioned officer must call, text, or visit every soldier once a day from now through Jan. 15, 2026.
  • Army officials confirmed the service-wide memo’s authenticity after it circulated broadly on social media.
  • The directive includes explicit crisis-resource instructions to dial 988 and press 1 to reach the Military Crisis Line.
  • Driscoll points to the 11th Airborne Division’s reported 14-month stretch without suicides after systematic leader check-ins.
  • Context from Pentagon data notes 289 Army suicides in 2023 with a preliminary drop to 260 in 2024, while some research finds no distinct holiday spike.