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It has now been 12 years since I deployed to Afghanistan and things still don’t make sense. My friends are killing themselves, and even their loved ones, yet no one talks about it. How do we fix something that we do not even talk about?
I have spent 12 years trying all available therapies to help me get to where I am but I still have so much pain and so many questions.

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I’m tired. It seems like every second week I am losing someone I know to their own hand. Suicides, substance abuse and unexplained accidents. What happened to us?
Yesterday we were the strongest and bravest human beings on the planet. Today we are quietly dying off in the shadows. I have so many questions.
Jamie Mcullin loved his kids. Why would he kill himself just before fathers day?
Ronnie Anderson was my section commander, I went where he went. What made him take his life? Is that reason waiting to get me too?
What about Ronnie’s brother Ryan? Was his substance abuse from his own time in Afghanistan? Or from his brother’s suicide? Either way they are both gone now.
Lionel Desmond was one of the most caring, funniest guys I have ever met. I was and still am proud to call him my friend. How does such a loving individual not only kill himself, but his wife, his mother and his daughter?
George Curtis and I were working on making a difference together. Why didn’t he talk to me about what was going on? Why didn’t he reach out? Why didn’t he say goodbye?
I’ve now lost more friends to suicide than I lost during the Afghanistan war….but noone talks about that. These men and women are dying alone and no one is honouring them. Their names will not be displayed on monuments or plaques. We are lucky if they are mentioned in the newspaper.
These questions used to haunt me daily. There were times when I thought I would join them but I believe all of that has changed now. I have an experience, a journey, that I want to share with you.

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from The Guardian Angel Platoon, released November 10, 2021

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