We have a crisis in this country! Every 65 minutes a Veteran commits suicide and every day an active duty member of the services does as well. That is 22 Veterans a day, which means, if you are a Veteran you are almost 4 times more likely to take your own life, than someone from the non-Veteran population.
Our founder, Gordon Brown, a Vietnam Veteran was asked “What’s your rush? [about Team Veteran]”. Well with these sobering statistics you can understand why he believes “Time is of the Essence”.
Suicides rates are even higher among Vietnam Era and currently returning Veterans. The pressures they have faced are very high, with PTS (Post Traumatic Stress), TBI (Traumatic Brain Injury) and other horrific injuries. These all take a mental toll on our Veterans.
While I served in peacetime, I can not even begin to imagine what these returning Veterans mental challenges are like. I do remember this, though. I came home during a force reduction, so I came home without anything lined up immediately. I remember feeling lost without the security, discipline and camaraderie of the military. It had been my life for 7 years and I had a difficult adjustment. So I can only glimpse the possibilities of what these young men and women are going through, returning from a war zone, and feeling that loss. Let alone if they were wounded as well.
Please join us as we strive to stem the tide and keep our honored alive.
