Alex Martinez looked over his Air Force dress blues, the uniform he wore when he graduated from boot camp. He touched his insignia – a circle with a star in the center and a striped wing flaring from either side – that signified his rank of airman second class.
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As the year begins, we here at Grey Team created a 3 step guide towards achieving your goals as a veteran.
Often we forget to take the time to reflect on the past year with our achievements and setbacks.
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Former Obama White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough delivers remarks after being introduced as U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s nominee to head the Department of Veterans Affairs at the Queen Theater on Dec. 11, 2020, in Wilmington, Del.
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Gunnery Sgt. Kyle Wetter was driving home from his Marine base earlier this month when fire burst out under the car in front of him, after it ran over a gas can that had fallen off a truck.
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The U.S. Air Force will award a special tactics combat controller the second-highest military award for calling in danger-close gunship airstrikes while under siege in Afghanistan.
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The military’s top officer, and the president’s senior military adviser, is joining a growing chorus of senior defense officials who have questioned the need for permanently stationing troops around the world.
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SOLVING THE PROBLEM WITH ACTION
According to the United States Department of Veteran Affairs, the number 2 leading cause of death for military veterans is suicide. Contrast that with their civilian counterparts at number 13, and it’s obvious that we must continue to act to save these precious lives.
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On October 4th, Grey Team celebrated its first Operation Phoenix Health and Wellness graduation in its new Boca Raton, Florida headquarters.
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While the data is incomplete, Army and Air Force officials said they believe the isolation and uncertainty of the coronavirus pandemic is adding stress to an already strained force. Senior Army leaders have seen a roughly 30% jump in active duty suicides this year, or 114 suicides this year compared to 88 at the same time last year.
The Pentagon has yet to provide 2020 data, but Army officials said discussions in Defense Department briefings indicate that there has been a 20% jump in overall military suicides.
“I can’t say scientifically, but what I can say is—I can read a chart and a graph, and the numbers have gone up in behavioral health-related issues,” Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said in an Associated Press interview published Sunday.
“We cannot say definitively [the spike in suicides and murders] is because of COVID. But there is a direct correlation from when COVID started, the numbers actually went up.”
“We know that the measures we took to mitigate and prevent the spread of COVID could amplify some of the factors that could lead to suicide,” said James Helis, director of the Army’s resilience program who attended department briefings on suicide data.
One proposed solution would be shortening combat deployments. Soldiers’ 10-month deployments stretched to 11 months because of the two-week coronavirus quarantines at the beginning and end.
“We were very focused on readiness four years ago because we had some readiness challenges, and we did a great job. The force is very, very ready now. But I think it’s time now to focus on people,” Gen. James McConville told the Associated Press.