Posted on Jan 17, 2017
You Can Do A Lot More For Veterans Suicide Than Just ‘Raise Awareness’
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Call your friends, family, buddies, acquaintances, anyone you know, just to check on them. I'm bad about checking up on people, even my own family. This article has some good insight on how there is another way to help combat suicide.
Checking in on your fellow veterans, making donations to veterans’ groups, and volunteering will do a lot more than posting videos of pushups.
Last year, many of you read my thoughts on the internet sensation known as #22pushupchallenge or #22KILL. I wasn’t against the challenge, and I’m certainly not against raising awareness about veteran suicide, but I still contend that such public displays need to be accompanied by substantive action.
Checking in on your fellow veterans, making donations to veterans’ groups, and volunteering will do a lot more than posting videos of pushups.
Last year, many of you read my thoughts on the internet sensation known as #22pushupchallenge or #22KILL. I wasn’t against the challenge, and I’m certainly not against raising awareness about veteran suicide, but I still contend that such public displays need to be accompanied by substantive action.
You Can Do A Lot More For Veterans Suicide Than Just ‘Raise Awareness’
Posted from taskandpurpose.com
Suicide
Stop Soldier Suicide
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
Edited 8 y ago
Posted 8 y ago
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Well shit, Keith. Never thought I'd see the day a Master Chief assumed the position, lol.
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SN Greg Wright
SGT (Join to see) - Lol yeah. But it makes you respect him, too. Nobody told him he had to do that, for sure. Or the young LT behind him. Well. The MC might have told the LT too. :)
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SN Greg Wright - Good point. I wouldn't want to be that Lt. If that's the case.
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In southern W there is an awareness group and counseling group who Not only get the vets together and get the families involved and they are all working together they have been working on actually getting the troubled vets the help they need and planning outings and trips... they are working with state and local employers and civic organizations to get the vets settled back into society...
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SFC George Smith, In Southern where Sir? Wherever it is it sounds like a wonderful program for those Vets. I don't know what we have here in the Houston VA for suicide. There is a suicide program, but I don't think it's as good as this one sounds.
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