J.P. Lawrence thought he knew his happy-go-lucky friend from deployment until he learned that Belland had struggled with addiction and died by overdose.
Suicide
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Hold My Housing Until I’m Ok—”I Don’t Trust Myself”
David Chrisinger learned to treat a writer’s words with the proper care before publication after a student veteran was pushed to the brink of suicide.
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Twelve Marines, Dress Blues, and Triple C’s
Scott Reel learned quickly that he could resist the Corps’ structure and suffer, or he could play the part of the good Marine, do his time, and then leave.
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A Coast Guard Officer Runs Home After A Marathon Of Funerals
Sarah Holzhalb endured a marathon of funerals shortly after separating from the Coast Guard. All these years later, the month of March still sucks.
