Should military commanders have the authority to court-martial troops who try to commit suicide? Believe it or not, there is a Marine who is currently appealing his case. He was convicted of “self-injury” after slitting his wrists in his barracks in 2010. This is not the first court-martial and it likely won’t be the last. [...]
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Suicide Prevention is Everybody’s Business
February 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Suicide prevention is everybody’s business! Many of us have been touched by suicide, and with suicide rates rising in the military and veteran communities, we all need to pay attention to those around us. Did you know that the person who is most likely to prevent someone from taking their own life is someone that [...]
Petition Mission
September 2, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Today has been a good day so far. Five more people signed our Stand Against Military Suicide Petition at work today so far, and the day is not even close to being over. I have really cool TAKE THE VOW initiative posters hanging up at work too. My boss is fabulous. Have you printed out [...]
Clay Hunt’s Last Message on Suicide
August 27, 2011 By 3 Comments
No one truly understands why Clay Hunt, one of the military’s most vocal suicide prevention advocates, took his life on March 31, 2011. As one who watches the disabled veteran in my family suffer, it looked to me like Clay Hunt had it all together. I say that from the perspective that Clay was lobbying for [...]
Military Suicide Rates, Un-Ex-Freaking-Ceptible
August 25, 2011 By 1 Comment
I’m ticked. Ticked to no end. I’ve talked to “Big Army” about the WTB program – I talked until my face practically turned blue. I told them that many guys/gals would rather DIE than be in the WTB. I’m not lying. It sucked for my husband, and for our family. It just didn’t suck a [...]
Take The VOW
August 24, 2011 By Leave a Comment
You’ve heard the hype. Today is Day 1 of the Voice of Warriors Initiative, Phase One. Our first phase of TAKE THE VOW initiative will consist of bringing awareness to military suicide. Take The VOW Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is real and often occurs after combat in a war zone. A few symptoms of PTSD are: [...]
Military Suicide on VOW Talk Radio
August 18, 2011 By 3 Comments
You don’t want to miss the upcoming Voice of Warriors BlogTalk Radio hour on Monday, August 22, 2011, at 7:30 pm. The subject of this interview is a difficult one, but it is one that must be discussed. Gold Star father, Bob Bagosy, will join us as we discuss the topic of military suicide. On [...]
Despite combat, I still know my child best
May 14, 2011 By 5 Comments
When our son returned from his third deployment, we could tell that something wasn’t right. We knew that there had been subtle changes even after the first and second deployments, but we could see a significant change after his return from deployment number three. We weren’t quite sure what was going on, and he really [...]
