Posted on Jul 24, 2017
Is A New Military Oath Really The Best We Can Do To Fight Veteran Suicide?
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DOD --- Old soldiers should just fade away GySgt John Olson 1LT Sandy Annala Col Rebecca Lorraine Maj Kim Patterson COL Mikel J. Burroughs SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL SMSgt Minister Gerald A. "Doc" Thomas CPT Pedro Meza
Is A New Military Oath Really The Best We Can Do To Fight Veteran Suicide?
Posted from taskandpurpose.com
Suicide
PTSD
Mental Health
Posted >1 y ago
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Where do these guys get the idea that an oath will prevent Veteran suicides? Veterans need mental health counseling not platitudes. The very idea that no one will commit suicide on Shulkin's watch is naive to say the least.
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PO1 Richard Cormier
The same ones that said "If we throw money at it and analyze it for a few decades, it will stop and we can prove the analysis was good"? The VA talks of Analyzing but little of doing. Research and development at this stage is another slap in the face. As if this has NOT been happening since at least the Korean Conflict (I do NOT have the right to call it a was, only those that served during that time do. Especially NOT the Congress of the USA). It is NOT new. It is another way to get more $$$$ to the VA.
My $0.02 for what it is worth.
My $0.02 for what it is worth.
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PO2 Rev. Frederick C. Mullis, AFI, CFM
Thank You!!! I could not have said it any better!!! It's like most PhD's that I know, they have this sense of "Benign Intervention". If they leave it alone long enough, it will just go away.
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What a joke! There needs to be a DOD/VA oath no servicemember is discharged without their VA paperwork being completed as part of their exit plan checklist. Those with known mental health issues should have a seamless transition from one health care system to another, no waiting for paperwork to be completed as an initial review would have already documented eligibility for health care. Rating and payments to catch up. Lets put an oath on the people who need to take one!
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