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"The Mark of War" documentary film completion and tour - "The Mark of War"is a documentary film about the enduring legacy of war, blending archive footage, with the words of Vietnam Veterans. - http://kck.st/2nSYdhT

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In the current political climate it is nice to see or hear a quote that we can all agree on from an important public figure .  The newly confirmed Secretary of Veterans Affairs, David Shulkin, just gave an interview with NPR in which he discussed the high rate of suicides amongst Veterans.  

On the high rate of suicide among military veterans

There is no doubt that suicide is my number one clinical priority. I work on this, I think about this every day. ... I can tell you that nobody is doing more for behavioral health care in this country than the VA. We have extremely comprehensive systems. I have one thousand professionals who do nothing but suicide prevention every single day.

The problem is that we're responsible for the 22 million veterans in this country. And of the 20 vets who take their life every day through suicide, just six are getting care in the VA health care system.

We have to work with groups, with families and others, to identify the 14 that aren't getting care, that are out there right now [and] that we're very, very concerned about. One of the realities of our ability to address the suicide issue is that VA can't do this alone. We need help from community partners, we need help from scientists, we need help from technology companies.

The Mark of War documentary film is a tool connecting people to the experiences of soldiers 50 years ago and of those today. Help support our project right now.  Please watch this trailer and filmmaker interview with Director Ricardo Ainslie (https://vimeo.com/bernsteindocumentary/tmow) and consider finding us via your social media accounts or through friends so that you can stay abreast of how to see the film and become involved.

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Sam Siatta’s experience is shared by so many of our veterans, no matter the war. During the Vietnam War people were often plucked out of the jungle and on a flight home within a day or two, arriving back home with gunfire still ringing in their ears.  We expected them to fall back into everyday life, while almost no one in their midst had any idea what they’d been through over the preceding 12 months of deployment. It’s no wonder so many of them faltered and stumbled. Some for a few months, some for the rest of their lives. As a Marine veteran who served in Afghanistan, what Siatta’s story reveals is that years after the Vietnam War, we haven’t solved the puzzle of how to help our combat veterans re-enter society.

An Important read

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An Important read

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