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The Value of Sharing Experiences and Working Together alongside civilians

Here you can volunteer to help maintain and sail S/V PAVITI TERN as a Dedicated Veterans Service Vessel and maintain our Veterans Digest for future generations.

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Stand alongside our veterans 

Here you can volunteer to work with veterans and sail with veterans. We need civilians to work part time in our corporate  office to insure our non profit is run efficiently to protect veterans for generations to come.

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DONT TREAD ON ME

Two Flags. One Phrase. Different Truths.

Don't Tread on Me Navy Jack Flag

Peace and Defiance

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Attack and Conquer

Actions Have Consequences

A PAINFUL TRUTH

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Data sourced from the 2025 National Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual Report (accessed on 05/12/2026)
Veterans Affairs Press Release

18 A DAY

Over 159,611 Veterans have died by suicide Since September, 11, 2011. Have you read news accounts of this fact?

Another Veteran will die by suicide in 82 minutes 17 seconds

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Truth Still Matters. So Do Our Veterans.

Every veteran has a story, pavititern.org exists to digitally print and preserve the real stories in our Veterans Digest. All stories submitted, authenticated and published will be sent to the Library of Congress for preservation.

Each month, Paviti Tern publicly shares one veteran in service story to remind us that the trauma, of service either in peace time does not end with a DD-214 The veterans' discharge from service is the beginning of a new life as a civilian. Wether returning from a war zone or an assignment anywhere in the world there lives will never be the same after service. Navy Veteran, John F Kennedy who lost his ship to the enemy would go on in civilian life to become president of the United States. Army Veteran, General George Washington, defeated the most powerful empire on this planet with the help of veterans. Their stories reach out to families, friends, communities, and the people who stand beside them, so these voices are not buried, softened, or forgotten.

These featured stories are presented in digest form in order that the reader may get a better understanding of why the veteran suicide rate is so astronomical today.

Veterans that submit their stories are given free lifetime access to all our archives.

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Keep the Stories Alive

One featured story is open to everyone each week. Subscribers help preserve the full archive of stories, organized by month and year. Your support keeps these voices available, protects the mission, and helps Paviti Tern continue sharing the truth behind service, sacrifice, and survival.

Don't Tread on Me Navy Jack Flag Veteran's Digest: Real Stories From Those Who Carry the Weight