We spend years and millions of dollars training our troops to fight. We take young men and women, most of whom have never been trained to shoot, and teach them how to aim at a stranger and successfully kill them. Now that sounds harsh, but it is the truth. In…
Here is another heartbreaking story about the toll of war on our special forces. They are the best trained of our Armed Forces, yet as I hammer home in my workshops and lectures, life can break anyone. Yet, Special Forces suicide has become an all too common reality. http://p.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/apr/18/special-forces-suicide-rates-hit-record-levels-cas/ This…
A poem of hope for some new friends, and all my comrades in the fight for hope. I couldn’t sleep last night, and I thought of all of those struggling with the same thing, but without the support I receive from my incredible wife and family that makes sure my…
So much that could be unpacked from this disturbing story of Daniel Rey Wolfe, a former Marine whose suicide was documented by his posts on Facebook. I’ll write a longer response in the coming weeks, but I needed to get this out now. I found the article this morning and…
What a tragedy at Fort Hood. More deaths. We don’t know at this point why Ivan Lopez killed 4 people including himself at the Fort Hood shooting yesterday. They mention depression, anxiety, Ambien and other medications, deployment, and possibly PTSD. If and this is a big if, the shooting was…
