Posted on May 19, 2022

Sailors must wait 5 weeks for mental health appointments as Navy battles suicides, top enlisted...

Lt Col Charlie Brown

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How can you say you are concerned about the health and mental health of the force and have a situation like this?

Sailors must wait 5 weeks for mental health appointments as Navy battles suicides, top enlisted...

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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen

Posted 2 y ago

If you recall, under 45s administration military Healthcare started a significant cutback of non-combat related specialties. Mental health was one area that was cut.

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Lt Col Charlie Brown

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Trump is not in charge. And I thought this was aimed at the Navy not the current Washington Absent Administration

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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen

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Lt Col Charlie Brown Come on Charlie, isn't the Navy part of the military Healthcare system? And you know it takes years for the impact of decisions made at the executive level to filter down to the operational level.

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MCPO Hilary Kunz

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MAJ Byron Oyler - so instead of service-oriented care they made it DOD wide? So a SAC crew member waiting for hopefully nothing to happen, an Infantry Soldier in Poland, a Marine sniper following ROE against Somali warlords, and a guy who hates living onboard during a yard period are jumbled together as one? Never mind the guys flying drones out of Nellis.
Each has their own particular set of stressors, why would they do this?

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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen

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MCPO Hilary Kunz I totally agree. MAJ Byron Oyler may have a point but each service has its own unique stressors and this is just another case where one size does not fit all.

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