Veterans and civilians working together to build a better life
Veterans Helping Veterans
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.
Civilian Volunteers
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.
Actions Have Consequences
A PAINFUL TRUTH
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
veterans digest
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.
Featured after service Story
Stories from veterans in civilian life.
Featured In Service Story
Stories from veterans while they served.
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.
