Posted on Jul 19, 2016
Veteran turned away from VA after requesting mental treatment, kills himself
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Cassie M. Very sad and we as a nation need to be held accountable for this type of suicide and we need to stand up and demand changes be made to the VA and the way it treats our veterans. Please send anyone my way that is having problems to Sponsor a Vet Life. Let's save some lives Cassie. We have webinars they can attend every Thursday evening at 7:00 PM EST. Send them my way: [login to see] or they can connect with me on SKYPE: mikel.burroughs - just send me a request to connect and let me know your from RP. Thanks
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PO2 Cyrus Barberia
In this day and age tragedies like this should never happen it's happened once too often the VA says they're going to fix their problems apparently they haven't
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Wow! I have read some horrible stories on RP, but this by far the worst. I can't imagine what it is like to bare your soul, ask for help and be turned away. This is almost unbelievable except for the horrible track record of the VA. I don't want to believe it, but based on the historical pattern of negligence I have no other choice.
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Cassie M.
This is MY MAIN PURPOSE
To give back Hope where there may be none.
Offering free resources to help in ANY way possible
and the support not rec'd by deaf ears. I as a Family
Member of many military, I see too many lives thrown away
Like garbage. I thank the Lord he gave me the heart to see first
Hand by my family to to my Damnedest to Change the Stigmas
Our Military carry daily. Those stigmas are what prevents others
Of seeing the Pure NAKED TRUTH. As God as my witness And HE
Knows I STAND FIRM...I WILL NOT GIVE UP OR GIVE IN !! EVER !!
To give back Hope where there may be none.
Offering free resources to help in ANY way possible
and the support not rec'd by deaf ears. I as a Family
Member of many military, I see too many lives thrown away
Like garbage. I thank the Lord he gave me the heart to see first
Hand by my family to to my Damnedest to Change the Stigmas
Our Military carry daily. Those stigmas are what prevents others
Of seeing the Pure NAKED TRUTH. As God as my witness And HE
Knows I STAND FIRM...I WILL NOT GIVE UP OR GIVE IN !! EVER !!
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