Day to Day

I have quite a few meetings to attend and I have been meeting regularly with soldiers and/or their spouses. There is a lot of stress here.

We get quite a few channels on the TV. There are no regular ads but in place of the ads there are army spots. They are info about suicide, sexual assault, depression, post-traumatic stress, drinking and driving. The messages are very omnipresent. I hope that it gets through. Suicide rates are really up in the military. There are all kinds of research going on to figure it out. Many of the suicides are by persons who have never been deployed. There are lots of classes and workshops, but just like in the civilian world the challange is in getting people there.