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Thank Your Military
An average group of Americans gathered to publicly thank their United Stated Military for the freedom they provide. If you want to thank your military, pass this video on to every person you know so it will eventually reach every present and former military person across the globe. We want the military to know we appreciate their service and sacrifice!
http://successfulthinkersmeetup.com/cs/media/p/2163.aspxThank Your Military
An average group of Americans gathered to publicly thank... more
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In recent days, Wilhelm's family has watched as unconfirmed reports of the abuse leaked out in the media. Adrian Wilhelm says he's read that his son was forced to crawl in the dirt until his legs bled, and that he was harassed about his weight.
By MEGHAN BARR, AP
http://news.aol.com/article/us-soldier-keiffer-wilhelm-commits/638820In recent days, Wilhelm's family has watched as unconfirmed reports of the abuse... more
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More veterans experience homeless over the course of the year. We estimate that 336,627 were homeless in 2006.
Veterans make up a disproportionate share of homeless people. They represent roughly 26 percent of homeless people, but only 11 percent of the civilian population 18 years and older. This is true despite the fact that veterans are better educated, more likely to be employed, and have a lower poverty rate than the general population.
A number of states, including Louisiana and California, had high rates of homeless veterans. In addition, the District of Columbia had a high rate of homelessness among veterans with approximately 7.5 percent of veterans experiencing homelessness.
We estimate that in 2005 approximately 44,000 to 64,000 veterans were chronically homeless (i.e., homeless for long periods or repeatedly and with a disability).
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.endhomelessness.org/images/editorFiles/Image/p3_map%2520(2).jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.endhomelessness.org/content/article/detail/1839&usg=__wyUhWnj6D7FmUD1yFfP8WX8-mPw=&h=297&w=350&sz=86&hl=en&start=16&tbnid=dVWOpTqEvPR8gM:&tbnh=102&tbnw=120&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dhomeless%2Bveterans%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG%26um%3D1&um=1More veterans experience homeless over the course of the year. We estimate that... more
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This chart does not note "attempted suicides". Usually attempted suicides far surpass recorded deaths that are a result of suicide. Name the Director of Veteran Affairs that revealed that there were over 1,000 recorded attempted suicides every month by Iraq/Afghanistan Veterans in the U.S.? Hint: He was the last person to fill that position and be fired... The only Director of Veterans Affairs ever fired? "Nah! Cause America cares for It's veterans and appreciates people trying to help them recover from the scars of victory in the battle for freedom. We love veterans, we couldn't have war without them, thanks kids. With kids always dieing for us we will never run out of oil, and if we do we can just drill their blood from the ground by then. True Patriotism!"
http://militaryhealthmatters.pbworks.com/f/army%20suicide%20rates.pngThis chart does not note "attempted suicides". Usually attempted suicides... more
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"But a five-month CBS News investigation discovered data that shows a startling rate of suicide, what some call a hidden epidemic, Chief Investigative Reporter Armen Keteyian reports exclusively."
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Suicide_rates_map-fr.png&imgrefurl=http://natatat.wordpress.com/category/death/suicide/&usg=__TwVMpTBYARJHutsKSprU2_6Jo0M=&h=438&w=861&sz=102&hl=en&start=2&tbnid=uqAG0WwadWekDM:&tbnh=74&tbnw=145&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmilitary%2Bsuicide%2Brates%26gbv%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG"But a five-month CBS News investigation discovered data that shows a startling... more
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"The army says it has confirmed that 115 active-duty soldiers committed suicide last year, with two more investigations still pending. That is a rate of nearly 19 per 100,000 soldiers. The rate was just under 10 per 100,000 in 2002, before the Iraq invasion, and has been rising steadily, except for one year, ever since. The rates for the last two years are the highest since record keeping began in 1980."...
[See Group: U.S. Military Suicides-"US Army Suicide Rate Continues to Rise-05/28/08", for excerpt]
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/10/Suicide_rates_map-fr.png"The army says it has confirmed that 115 active-duty soldiers committed suicide... more
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“The Army has reported 140 active duty suicides – which is equivalent to our total in 2008, with a month and a half remaining in the year. This is horrible. And I do not want to downplay the significance of these numbers in any way. But I believe we are making progress – in fact since March the general trend line, with the exception of a couple of months, has been down.”
More and more Army personnel have committed suicide each year since 2004, and last year, the suicide rate in the Army was even higher than that in the civilian population. And the 140 deaths General Chiarelli reported today include only those on active duty – not the 71 others who killed themselves after their tour ended.
http://www.fsrn.org/audio/headlines-tuesday-november-17-2009/5766“The Army has reported 140 active duty suicides – which is equivalent to... more
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Brain injuries are a hell like no other. In the “old days”--someone with a head injury would be described as “just not being right in the head” after that. They say brain injuries are the the "signature wound of this war" and we have “little understanding of its long-term consequences.“
An artist who was brain injured and BLIND for 5 years--and then BEAT the brain injuries and blindness all the MD's said were permanent--share's what it's like. With some serious food for thought and some scary stats about how our soldiers and veterans are not getting what they need!Brain injuries are a hell like no other. In the “old days”--someone with a... more
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Alarmed by a record rate of suicide in its ranks, the Army yesterday unveiled a unique prevention tool -- an interactive video to be mandatory viewing Army-wide -- in which soldiers will play the role of an anguished infantryman and make virtual choices that lead the character to get help or, in the worst case, shoot himself in the head.
"This is you: Specialist Kyle Norton," a male narrator begins, putting soldiers in the boots of a 19-year-old Midwesterner after a bomb-clearing mission in Iraq.
The video, titled "Beyond the Front," leads the viewer through a detailed drama in which Norton is hit by relationship troubles, financial problems and scrapes with the law -- what Army research shows are major events that precipitate suicide. Norton is blindsided by an e-mail from his fiancee, who has become pregnant by another man. He is devastated further when one of his best friends is killed in an ambush.
Questions pop onto the screen at key moments, prompting the viewer to decide whether to get help -- by opening up with buddies, Norton's sergeant or a chaplain. Depending on the choices, Norton edges toward recovery or sinks deeper into suicidal thoughts. The goal is to immerse the viewer into Norton's life in a way that makes preventive lessons stick, say Army officials and the video's creators.
The video is one of several initiatives launched by the Army to try to stem the suicide rate among active-duty soldiers. That rate increased from 12.4 per 100,000 in 2003, when the Iraq war started, to 18.1 per 100,000 last year.
This year, 93 active-duty soldiers killed themselves through the end of August, the latest data show. A third of those cases are under investigation by the Armed Forces Medical Examiner's Office. In all of 2007, 115 soldiers committed suicide. Suicide attempts by soldiers have also increased since 2003.
If the trend continues, the death rate this year is likely to exceed that of a demographically similar segment of the U.S. population -- 19.5 per 100,000, Stephens said -- which has not happened since the Vietnam War
Alarmed by a record rate of suicide in its ranks, the Army yesterday unveiled a unique... more
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