caseloadr Posted July 5, 2018 Share #1 Posted July 5, 2018 Sunday a friend of my son took his own life. This young man had 2 tours of Afghanistan with my son while members of 2nd BN 0f the 504. This was the 3-4 of his friends to have done this. I don't understand the reason for this but is a horrible trend. It affects friends and family no matter what the reason. I hope they have peace now. I pray that someday some place someone finds the answer and ends this terrible trend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt Barickman Posted July 5, 2018 Share #2 Posted July 5, 2018 Sir, I am so sorry for your loss. I know that when the state sends young people to do abnormal things and that we as a society expect them to return to ¨the world" and to be ¨normal¨ we as a nation should honor their sacrifice but we need to be more honest about helping our veterans with their psychological health. Also we need to help the military to train our service members that to ask for mental help is not a sign of weakness but a sign of strength. I think that our collective memory/conventionalwisdom believes that our veterans from earlier wars didn¨t need psychological help but that is a romanticized myth. Again, you have my sympathies and lets hope our veterans are able to ask for help and our VA and society is more willing to reach out and help these young warriors. Kurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BILL THE PATCH Posted July 5, 2018 Share #3 Posted July 5, 2018 Sorry for your son's loss, let's hope these vets get the help they deserve. RIP Sent from my Moto G (5) Plus using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundance Posted July 5, 2018 Share #4 Posted July 5, 2018 Sorry to hear it. It happens way too much. The world is just a difficult place to live in and it isn't getting better. I join you hoping he has found peace. Still his love ones and family will not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted July 5, 2018 Share #5 Posted July 5, 2018 Sorry to here all this, my heart goes out to all concerned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chap15 Posted July 5, 2018 Share #6 Posted July 5, 2018 In prayer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rakkasan187 Posted July 5, 2018 Share #7 Posted July 5, 2018 Thoughts and Prayers to all those affected.. Leigh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BagmanL6 Posted July 5, 2018 Share #8 Posted July 5, 2018 Hard issue to get our hands around as Veterans but I pray that we do. Part of it is recognizing it and helping each other. Semper Fidelis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobgee Posted July 5, 2018 Share #9 Posted July 5, 2018 Very sad. May they Rest in Peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colbill Posted July 9, 2018 Share #10 Posted July 9, 2018 My sincere apologies for this horrible loss. I was in OIFI. My only son has 37 months in combat between two tours in Iraq and 1 in Afghanistan. May God rest his soul My thoughts and prayers are with them. VR Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedLegGI Posted July 11, 2018 Share #11 Posted July 11, 2018 Sorry for son's loss. The problem is that the military doesn't prepare you for going back to civilian life. You're trained to be a soldier, to deploy, to think that you are invincible, and that anything less is unacceptable. Mental health is a weakness you don't talk with anyone about. You do your job, deal with it and move on, and suddenly you're out in society where no one gives two s hits about you. Who do you talk to? The VA a month later? You can't talk to your family, because they don't understand. You're brothers (and sisters) are still in the military hours and hundreds or thousands of miles away. That is the problem. ColBill, I'm sorry for your loss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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