LiberalNation
04-25-2010, 10:15 PM
this deployment tempo is crazy. 5th a 6th deployment while over half the army has never deployed isn't fair.
http://www.wlky.com/news/23260126/detail.html
Military Stunned By Suicides
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. -- Authorities believe that 21 soldiers from Fort Campbell killed themselves in 2009, the same year that the Army reported 160 potential suicides.
But behind the scenes, there has been a concerted effort at Fort Campbell over the past year to change the hard-charging military mindset to show no weakness.
There are Army doctors like Tangeneare Singh, reaching out to soldiers struggling silently from depression, trauma-related stress and other mental illnesses.
And there are platoon sergeants like Robert Groszmann, trained to listen carefully to the soldiers under his command to detect signs of trouble.
Groszmann called it "a paradigm shift from the old Army that tells you to suck it up, rub some dirt on it and you'll be fine."
http://www.wlky.com/news/23260126/detail.html
Military Stunned By Suicides
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. -- Authorities believe that 21 soldiers from Fort Campbell killed themselves in 2009, the same year that the Army reported 160 potential suicides.
But behind the scenes, there has been a concerted effort at Fort Campbell over the past year to change the hard-charging military mindset to show no weakness.
There are Army doctors like Tangeneare Singh, reaching out to soldiers struggling silently from depression, trauma-related stress and other mental illnesses.
And there are platoon sergeants like Robert Groszmann, trained to listen carefully to the soldiers under his command to detect signs of trouble.
Groszmann called it "a paradigm shift from the old Army that tells you to suck it up, rub some dirt on it and you'll be fine."