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ARTICLE: Task Force Prepares for Changes to Command Assessment Program 2022 Season at Fort Knox
SYNOPSIS: During this year’s U.S. Army Command Assessment Program season, candidates at Fort Knox, Kentucky, will be some of the Army’s first Soldiers to compete for record in the new Army Combat Fitness Test. Up until recently, tests have been conducted only for familiarity and preparation.
REPORTER: Eric Pilgrim, Army.mil
https://www.army.mil/article/260408/task_force_prepares_for_changes_to_command_
assessment_program_2022_season_at_fort_knox
ARTICLE: CSM Seeks Treatment for Alcoholism, Encourages Others to Get Help
SYNOPSIS: Command Sgt. Maj. Justin Shad, 15th Military Police Brigade, voluntarily enrolled in Signature Psychiatric Hospital’s monthlong Valor veterans-focused inpatient program to treat alcoholism. Despite his initial doubts, he completed rehabilitation and shared his decision with friends on social media. He is now opening up about his experience to strangers in order to encourage others who may be struggling to find help.
REPORTER: Charlotte Richter, The Fort Leavenworth Lamp
https://www.ftleavenworthlamp.com/2022/09/15/csm-seeks-treatment-for-alcoholism
-encourages-other-to-get-help/
ARTICLE: Online Courses Provide Aid to Those Affected by Suicide
SYNOPSIS: The Defense Department is offering two online courses that provide support and guidance for those affected by death by suicide. The first course covers communication techniques, ways to connect or stay connected to a support system, and reminders of how to maintain physical and mental health during this difficult time. The second class, for service providers, would be highly beneficial to chaplains, family-support personnel, military leaders and supervisors at all levels.
REPORTER: David Vergun, Department of Defense
https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3164370/online-courses-provide
-aid-to-those-affected-by-suicide/
VIDEO: Secretaries Austin, McDonough on Suicide Prevention
SYNOPSIS: In a message released recently, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough implored Americans to help prevent military deaths by suicide.
REPORTER: Military Times
https://www.militarytimes.com/video/2022/09/16/secretaries-austin-mcdonough-on-suicide-
prevention/
ARTICLE: US Army Implements Most Recommendations From Fort Hood Report to Improve Handling of Sexual Harassment and Sexual Assault
SYNOPSIS: The U.S. Army has implemented “63 of the 70” recommendations from the Fort Hood, Texas, report released in December 2020 and “four of the six priority” Independent Review Commission recommendations to improve the military branch’s handling of sexual harassment and sexual assault, Undersecretary of the Army Gabe Camarillo told lawmakers during a House Armed Services Committee hearing.
REPORTER: Ellie Kaufman, CNN
https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/21/politics/us-army-fort-hood-report-recommendations/index.html
ARTICLE: Military Sexual Assault Reform Is Slow Going, but That’s the Plan
SYNOPSIS: It’s been a year since the Defense Department launched an implementation road map for more than 80 projects intended to reform the way the services prevent and respond to sexual assault. Very little concrete change has been made, but there are reasons for that. One is that the road map is intentionally incremental and methodical. The other is that delayed funding slowed down some of the first steps.
REPORTER: Meghann Myers, Military Times
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2022/09/21/military-sexual-assault-reform-is-slow-going-but-thats-the-plan/
PODCAST: Meet the Women Changing How the Army Treats Female Soldiers
SYNOPSIS: Who are the women shaking up Army rules? Today, junior ranks are leading the charge to make change in the military–not only on hair policy but also on women’s reproductive health issues and on the pervasive problem of sexual assault that has plagued the military for decades. This episode focuses on some of the Soldiers who have spoken up and found ways to shape policies aimed at making the service more supportive for women and Families so that Soldiers can focus on winning wars.
REPORTER: Fire Watch
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-5-meet-the-women-changing-how-t
he-army/id1634460573?i=1000579645466
ARTICLE: Carrying the Torch: 116th IBCT Leaders Discuss Suicide Prevention and Awareness During Seminar
SYNOPSIS: Senior leaders from across the 116th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 29th Infantry Division, Virginia and Kentucky National Guard, gathered at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo, for a suicide prevention and awareness seminar to discuss ways that they can play a pivotal role in preventing suicide in the military and in Veteran communities.
REPORTER: Sgt. 1st Class Warren W. Wright Jr., Army.mil
https://www.army.mil/article/260317/carrying_the_torch_116th_ibct_leaders_discuss_suicide
_prevention_and_awareness_during_seminar
ARTICLE: ‘Connect to Protect’ – Soldiers Taking Care of Soldiers
SYNOPSIS: The Army is encouraging Soldiers to “connect to protect,” to help them stay resilient when facing extraordinary challenges. They can do this by getting to know their teammates. According to the Army Resilience Directorate, strong social connectedness is a protective factor that helps prevent suicide. The service provides training and resources to facilitate personal resiliency, to improve communication and to enhance relationships with friends, Family members and teammates. These bonds, when cultivated every day, can serve as a support system during tough times.
REPORTER: Barbara Gersna, DVIDS
https://www.dvidshub.net/news/429609/connect-protect-soldiers-taking-care-soldiers
ARTICLE: BJACH Soldiers Prepared to Ask Tough Questions Regarding Suicide
SYNOPSIS: Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital, along with units from across the installation, sent 18 Soldiers to the Applied Suicide Intervention (ASIST) and safeTALK facilitator course held at the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk, in Louisiana. These Soldiers are now skilled, supportive trainers who will guide others through the safeTALK workshops. The workshops are designed to help participants learn how to recognize when someone is thinking about death by suicide and to connect that individual with an intervention provider, such as an ASIST trainee. The goal is to build a safety network of intervention providers and to increase their reach and impact in order to prevent deaths by suicide.
REPORTER: Jean Graves, DVIDS
https://www.dvidshub.net/news/429734/bjach-soldiers-prepared-ask-tough-questions-regarding
-suicide
ARTICLE: Preventing Soldier Suicide by Working Together
SYNOPSIS: Today there are so many resources for service members and their immediate Families if they need mental health support. It’s an especially high priority for Soldiers who have just returned from a deployment. Maj. Robert Jackson, the brigade chaplain for the Air Cav Brigade, says his organization works every day with different departments and organizations to offer helpful resources.
REPORTER: Allison Fox O'Connor, Fox 44 News
https://www.fox44news.com/news/local-news/local/preventing-soldier-suicide-by-working-together/
ARTICLE: Louisiana National Guard Hosts Suicide Awareness 5K in New Orleans
SYNOPSIS: More than 500 Louisiana National Guardsmen and members of the local community participated in the LANG Resilience, Risk Reduction and Suicide Prevention Program Fearless 5K and Wellness Expo at Jackson Barracks in New Orleans, Louisiana.
REPORTER: Spc. Madalyn McQuillan, Bossier Press-Tribune
https://bossierpress.com/louisiana-national-guard-hosts-suicide-awareness-5k-in-new-orleans/
ARTICLE: Ruck Walk at US Army Base in Japan Adds Weight to Suicide Prevention
SYNOPSIS: Troops of the Army Aviation Battalion at the headquarters of U.S. Army Japan walked nearly five miles carrying weight on their backs to remember 174 Soldiers in the Army who took their own lives in the past year. The ruck walk, in which about 25 battalion Soldiers, spouses and some energetic canines participated, marked an opportunity to remember and reflect as Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month comes to a close.
REPORTER: Juan King, Stars and Stripes
https://www.stripes.com/theaters/asia_pacific/2022-09-22/suicide-prevention-army-japan-zama-7425636.html
ARTICLE: 21st TSC Soldiers Team Up During Suicide Prevention Month
SYNOPSIS: Coordinators of the Value Your Life event prompted roughly 250 21st Theater Sustainment Command (TSC) Soldiers to carry and then unload life’s “burdens” at Rhine Ordnance Barracks, Kaiserslautern, Germany. Service members worked in teams to carry sandbags, symbolic of life stressors, along a 3.6-mile course that had stations staffed by support agencies including 21st TSC’s Unit Ministry Team, Ready and Resilient program, behavioral health and military Family life counselors, the U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz Army Substance Abuse Program and Army Community Services.
REPORTER: Eleanor Prohaska, DVIDS
https://www.dvidshub.net/news/429793/21st-tsc-soldiers-team-up-during-suicide-prevention-
month
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