Prevention Division, District Departments
Prevention Division, District Departments
Posted on Oct 7, 2015
Did you know we lost another brother - Cancer claims crusader against veteran suicides?
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Did you know we lost another brother - Cancer claims crusader against veteran suicides?
RP members another great veteran lost who devoted the final months of his life to raise awareness of veteran suicides! We salute you!
http://www.army.mil/article/156663/Cancer_claims_crusader_against_veteran_suicides/
A retired Army major who had devoted the final months of his life to raise awareness of veteran suicides died of colon cancer after a long, courageous fight.
Retired Maj. Justin Fitch, 33, the former Headquarters Research and Development Detachment, or HRDD, commander at Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center, died Oct. 3, in his hometown of Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin.
Fitch used his own story to shed light on veteran suicides. While serving in Iraq in 2007, Fitch had contemplated taking his own life. He got to the point where he was sitting in his shipping-container sleeping quarters with the barrel of his M-4 rifle in his mouth.
"It's OK to seek help," Fitch said later. "You can get help. Look at me."
RP members another great veteran lost who devoted the final months of his life to raise awareness of veteran suicides! We salute you!
http://www.army.mil/article/156663/Cancer_claims_crusader_against_veteran_suicides/
A retired Army major who had devoted the final months of his life to raise awareness of veteran suicides died of colon cancer after a long, courageous fight.
Retired Maj. Justin Fitch, 33, the former Headquarters Research and Development Detachment, or HRDD, commander at Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center, died Oct. 3, in his hometown of Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin.
Fitch used his own story to shed light on veteran suicides. While serving in Iraq in 2007, Fitch had contemplated taking his own life. He got to the point where he was sitting in his shipping-container sleeping quarters with the barrel of his M-4 rifle in his mouth.
"It's OK to seek help," Fitch said later. "You can get help. Look at me."
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This is discouraging. To lose a brother to cancer, one that was helping to lower veteran suicides is a huge loss. It's very personal to me. I have pancreatic cancer. 7 surgeries so far, 6 horrible months of 24/7 nasty chemo and constant pain. Even my pain pump ($60,000 ) doesn't stop all the pain. I am winning for the time being but who knows? I spend my mornings on http://www.Battle-Bro. com where I get the names and telephone numbers of 5 vets with PTSD to call. Some of the calls have been extremely painful. But I'll never stop.
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