Realities Here on Base

There is always tension here on base. Schweinfurt has lost large numbers of soldiers. We had a funeral this week. Part of our job is attending the funerals. Last year over 30 were killed from
Schweinfurt. I think the civilian workers are traumatized. A first Sergeant was killed recently and no one has gotten over that. The first Sergeant is most important to his men. He is mom, best friend and counselor all rolled into one. The men speak with much reverence of their first Sergeant. Suicides are way up and everyone is freaked out about that. Several of our workers were sent to another base because they had had so many suicides. Suicides go up every month and there are more in the military that in the general population. This is new.

Those in power are doing a huge suicide prevention thing. It doesn't seem to be working - numbers go up every month. It is all very sad.