Reason #5 to Support Reverse Boot Camp
Stop Soldier Suicide - PTSD
by kelly@stopsoldiersuicide.org
6y ago
We’ve been writing lately about the idea of Reverse Boot Camp. Here’s more: The following is a conversation that begins when the Service member starts the transition and ends during the first year that the service member becomes a veteran.  The questions are being asked by a friend, and the answers (in italics) are provided by the service member. This conversation illustrates the most important reason to support the Reverse Boot Camp. Six Months Before Separation So, you got your orders? Man, I am done! I did my time, and now I am going to live my life!   What are you going to do? Got any plan ..read more
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The War Within Part 3: Why We Respond The Way We Do
Stop Soldier Suicide - PTSD
by kelly@stopsoldiersuicide.org
6y ago
The War Within: Why We Respond The Way We Do “I hate war as only a soldier who has lived it can, only as one who has seen its brutality, its futility, its stupidity.” Dwight D. Eisenhower One day in particular stays with me . . . I did not routinely fly MEDEVAC missions, but I did on my third deployment. MEDEVAC (short for Medical Evacuation) was the highest risk mission for an aviation in Afghanistan. I was the Executive Officer and the only member of the brigade senior staff who flew the Blackhawk. The other officers were AH64 Apache “gun” pilots, so I flew on these missions to help my comma ..read more
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The War Within Part 2: Why We Respond This Way
Stop Soldier Suicide - PTSD
by kelly@stopsoldiersuicide.org
6y ago
Part 2: Why We Respond This Way – The Body The basic reason why service members and veterans respond this way is actually very simple: It is both expected and normal. Yep. I know what you are thinking. What you are experiencing is nothing you ever expected, and there is no way you believe the way you feel or act is normal. I know I didn’t. Nobody ever told me I would have the stress responses I did. In fact, I always thought less of Soldiers like that – like they couldn’t hack it. Like they are not the hero they want and you envision them to be. My own beliefs perpetuated the stigma about beha ..read more
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