About this Event
Honoring Our Veterans & Heroes
Date: November 12, 2025
Location: Neptune SHIELD HQ, Virginia Beach
On November 12, 2025, join us as we stand with our heroes and proudly launch our Veterans Initiatives Programming, honoring those who have served, our active-duty and deployed service members, and our Veterans through the power of connection, purpose, and action.
(Call 988 Veterans Crisis Line if you or someone you know is struggling with thoughts of Suicide. Your life is precious!)
At this event, Neptune SHIELD will officially introduce and present in detail, our Veterans Suicide Survivor Action Plan, a comprehensive initiative designed to bring hope, healing, and community to those impacted by the silent wounds of service.
Together with our partner organizations and fellow non-profits, we are building pathways for mental health support, suicide prevention, reintegration, and Veteran entrepreneurship, ensuring every hero has the opportunity to thrive in life after service.
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” (Jeremiah 29:11)
Neptune SHIELD is launching our Veterans Program, honoring deployed and active-duty service members while funding life-saving programs in mental health, suicide prevention, peer reintegration, and resilience.
🛡️Event Highlights🛡️
Panel 1: Identifying the Problem is the First Step to Healing.
Candid conversations about crisis, recovery, and resilience from Suicide Survivors, Gold-Star Families, and those who lost a loved one to Suicide. Identifying the problem, identifying the triggers, risk assessment, and how to identify those invasive thoughts.
Panel 2: An Innovative Suicide Survivor Action Plan
We will roll out our simple 3-Step Plan using terms and military jargon that make surviving suicidal ideations easy for every servicemember and Veteran before they try and go it alone. Our Heroes train together, deploy together, and go into combat together…using those same basic training tools – creating an emergency action plan to help those in crisis turn tragedy into triumph – TOGETHER!
Panelists:
- Certified Suicide Prevention Instructor; Nathan Black, MSgt. USMC (Ret.)
- Executive Coach, Chris Auger, LCDR(SEAL), USN (Ret.)
- Gold Star Surviving Spouse, Stephanie Price, CDR(SEAL) Job Price, USN
- Parent Survivors of a fallen child, MM1(SW) Tom Freridge, USN (Ret.)
- Veterans Affairs Representative TBD
(We will also provide these ‘Suicide Survivor Action Plan’ cards for wallet size, and downloadable versions the day of the event)
🛡️ Our Goal🛡
To boldly declare War on Veteran Suicide and to strengthen our veteran community through impactful programs and services, including:
- Suicide prevention & crisis response training
- Peer-to-peer reintegration and mentoring
- Resilience and tactical wellness programs
- Innovation and entrepreneurship opportunities
- Reduce Veterans’ Suicide by 80% over the next 1-5 years
- Encourage Industry to increase their Veteran workforce by 10%
🛡️ How You Can Help 🛡️
Become a Hero to our Heros — $250 (or other donation)
🛡️ Recognition on event signage & digital platforms
🛡️ Inclusion in our post-event impact report
🛡️ Share your support with your network
General Attendance — Free/Donation
Please consider contributing each day. Every letter, donation, and share strengthens the veteran community.
We will also have a Zoom call feature for those who would like to participate online.
We can honor together, heal together, and save lives together.
Join Neptune SHIELD on Nov 12 at 2pm EST to make a lasting impact.
Visit NeptuneSHIELD.ORG/MentalHealth for more resources or call 988 Veterans Crisis Line if you or someone you know is struggling with thoughts of suicide. Your life is precious! Together we can make a difference
Neptune SHIELD Foundation is a 501(c)3 Non-profit Corporation 33-1416723
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
448 Viking Dr, 448 Viking Drive, Virginia Beach, United States
USD 0.00 to USD 22.00
