Suicide Prevention In The Military

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The Military has reasonable ways of interventions and prevention for suicides. The alarming statistic, it is still on the rise. They're still looking for ways that may be more effective in the hopes to mitigate the rate of suicides in the military.

Continuous interventions, such as mandatory Suicide Prevention Training annually, hotlines and the A.C.E card, we as leaders have heard Soldiers state their opinion about the A.C.E card and the annual suicide prevention training. However, if either help one Soldier throughout its serving a purpose. We as leaders must continue to do our part by supporting all military programs and knowing our Soldiers in order to see warning signs, so that we can intervene at the drop of a

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