Military Suicides
Military loss doesn’t always mean death in combat. Sometimes it can take the form of a training accident, plane crash or… suicide. With the growing numbers of service members coming home, we see that they return to face another war – Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
The Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (TAPS), is a national non-profit devoted to providing ongoing, peer-based, emotional support to anyone grieving the death of a loved one who served in the Armed Forces. Increasingly, those deaths are due to suicide.
Guest:
Laurie Fueston of Bellingham, Washington. Laurie is the mother of Josh Fueston, who served in Iraq and took his own life after a long battle with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
Listen to the interview: KBCS_M+I_20130624_Military Suicide
2013 Josh Fueston Memorial Swim to Live
Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors
The National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center
Veterans Crisis Line: 1-800-273-8255(press 1) U.S. and Canada
