Posted on Nov 18, 2022
VA suicide prevention efforts need more focus on gun safety training
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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL thanks for the BONUS-FOR THE VETERAN OF THE VETERAN SHARE OF THE DAY.
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Thank you for this post, SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL!
(My laptop crashed as I was typing a response to this... Lost what I had typed.) Basically, although I agree with good firearm Training, I believe more efforts should be done from a mental health standpoint with all active military and veterans... Not enough is being done on suicide prevention in my view...
(My laptop crashed as I was typing a response to this... Lost what I had typed.) Basically, although I agree with good firearm Training, I believe more efforts should be done from a mental health standpoint with all active military and veterans... Not enough is being done on suicide prevention in my view...
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MAJ Byron Oyler
Plenty is being done but they are using a civilian model and it is simply not effective. The moment I got off the cattle truck they started breaking us down and building us up to focus on the team and the mission. A good SM does not focus on themselves, it is about the team. Then when we present with mental health, it becomes individual and all touchy feely. We are really trying to put a square peg into a round hole and it is grossly ineffective. Then you take the SM that is taught to roll around in the mud and rain, like it, and then complete the mission and we think when suicide is the mission we are going to fail? You want to kill yourself then you are abandoning your buddies, pushing your pain onto them, and are the biggest buddy fuck is what we need to be pushing. Will it be popular no but after 24years in the service, twenty as an RN, I have no 'I' in my vocabulary, it is all about others. We need to change the approach with vets.
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