Veterans Suicide Epidemic Help Is Here Free Tshirts
wellness"This is Boone Cutler, author, warfighter, host of Tipping Point. I want to talk to you for one minute." Boone's direct address to warfighters about the suicide epidemic — one minute, one message, help is here. Spartan Pledge in its most concentrated form.
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This is Boone Cutler, author, warfighter, and host of Tipping Point. I want to talk to you for a minute, just one minute, and take the time to listen to what I'm saying. The American warfighter today commits suicide at a rate of 18 per day. That's one every 80 minutes. By the time you finish eating dinner this evening, a warfighter will have committed suicide. This is a tragedy. We're losing the greatest of this generation every day at an alarming rate. Currently on active duty, a warfighter commits suicide one every 36 hours. But there are ways to help, and you should help. You should help right now by contacting gallantview.org and find out how you can contribute and help stop, even eliminate, the warfighter suicide rate. This is a tragedy, and you can help right now by contacting gallantview.org. Do it now. Make it happen. All the way. It's time for you to get your free Grunt Style t-shirt. Here's how you do it. Listen up. Pay close attention. Go to the GruntStyle.com webpage. Pick out your design and then send me a message on Facebook at Tipping Point with Boone Cutler. First two people respond, get a free Grunt Style t-shirt. Go to GruntStyle.com right now. Pick out your design and tell me what size you want. We'll ship it out to you. That's GruntStyle.com and then send me a message at Tipping Point with Boone Cutler on Facebook. Make it happen. One of the most significant things I've ever been through since I've been back from the war is going through a divorce. As a combat veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder, that was used against me. If you're in the same situation, I want you to consider using Sarah Hardy Cooper. When the deck is stacked against you and you're a warfighter, I think you should call Sarah Hardy Cooper. And honestly, I don't think I could have won without her. Of course, nothing is guaranteed, but I don't think I could have won without her. She's fantastic. I want you to take down this number, 888-792-4363. This is no joking matter. You know that your future is in the balance. And when the cards are stacked against you, you need Sarah Hardy Cooper. 888-792-4363. This is Andy O'Brien with the Western States Hostage Negotiators Association. You are being held hostage by my battle buddy, Boone Cutler, on Tipping Point. And we are back. This is Tipping Point Boone Cutler. We're on air right now with Byron Parks. He is the Caregiver Support Coordinator with the Sierra Nevada Health Care System. Let me just summarize what that means. He's the dude at the local VA that has the caregiver program all set up. He's your point of contact. So if you're a veteran from the current war or a spouse or a family member interested in the caregiver program, the guy you got to talk to is Byron Parks. Byron Parks. Just walk through the door, look to the right, ask anybody, hey, where is Byron Parks? I got to talk to that guy. They'll direct you and Byron will help you out. Am I wrong or am I right, Byron? I will be glad to do that. Outstanding. Okay. We were going to talk about benefits of the program, but before we do, a very poignant and very good point was brought up by Craig, which is, can anybody be a caregiver? And here's how we address that. Typically, a warfighter has in mind who they want to be a caregiver and why it's so important is because in our community, it's very difficult to trust people. So it would be very rare that we would even accept assistance or help from someone we didn't know that was going to be paid as a caregiver. It's very, it's not, as you say, Byron, comprehensive. Yes. So it's, this is a good program. The reason it's a good program is because it puts the warfighter in charge. There's no sense of helplessness. There's no sense of being basically left out of your decision-making. And I think it's a good thing.
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