Joe Klein’s cover story, How Service Can Save Us in last week’s Time, identifies several critical issues that must be further explored and better understood if we are to more successfully engage and support the men, women, and …
I didn’t know Neil Landsberg.
But I know many of the fine veterans who work for and volunteer with the organization that Neil clearly loved, Team Rubicon.
Neil was 34 years old when he took his life May 9.
By all …
Many within the military and veteran community were shocked and saddened by the murder of Chris Kyle.
What makes this story so distressing for those who have worn the uniform is that the murderer appears to be another veteran, …
While the loss of any life to suicide is tragic, the loss of Dr. Peter Linnerooth — who died at the age of 42 on January 2 — is especially distressing to those of us in the mental health community.
As an Army psychologist …
The damage caused by Hurricane Sandy was shockingly widespread and severe. It will be days before we fully understand the actual cost to those communities most directly affected—and weeks before we can estimate the cost to our …
Suicide
I just returned home from my third trip to Fort Bliss in two months. I made the first two trips so that I could learn about the installation and the leadership’s approach to preventing soldier suicide. On this most recent visit …
Suicide
Much energy, attention, and money has been focused on trying to understand—and end—the dramatic rise in suicide within the military. And while this attention has resulted in the development of many efforts and programs, many of which have improved the overall well being of the force, the increase in suicides among those who serve …
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A new documentary called The Invisible War, from award-winning filmmakers Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering, exposes a brutal reality that affects far too many within our military community. It also provides an important framework to understand the impact of military sexual assault on those who serve and their families.
It sets the stage for …
Military Families
I am not a veteran and I am not a military family member. But I have had the honor and privilege of knowing many military families over the last seven years. My father served in the Navy during WWII long before I was born. He …
Military Mental Health
Our nation is struggling to understand the horrific act of violence by one U.S. soldier last Sunday that left 16 Afghan civilians dead – many of whom were children.
Though apparently planned, this was an irrational act—one …
