Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC) held its annual suicide awareness training at their headquarters in Virginia Beach, Va., Sept. 14, 2015.
The training coincided with National Suicide Awareness month and was held to remind NECC personnel of the importance of 'One Small Act' to save a life.
“Our Sailors are our most important resource we have in our organization,” said Senior Chief Equipment Operator Josephine Gillmer, NECC Force Suicide Prevention Coordinator who kicked off the training in the Midway Auditorium.
Personnelman 1st Class Aliscia Malone coordinated the command’s training and reflected on the importance of maintaining awareness of your fellow Sailors.
“You don’t have to become the problem solver, but rather find ways to provide the resources to best assist someone contemplating suicide,” said Malone.
Lisa Clark assigned to Joint Expeditionary Little Creek-Fort Story’s Fleet and Family Support Center spoke of her personal journey in overcoming grief surrounding a loved one who took his own life.
“This is a topic we might not want to hear about, but I hope this training will help someone in need,” said Clark, who informed the attendees about Fleet and Family Support Center’s Ask, Care Treat awareness campaign. “If you take away one thing from today’s training, take with you the ‘Ask, Care, Treat’ information.”
Clark added that in the United States one suicide occurs every 16.7 minutes and observing the warning signs in advance is critical to helping someone in need.
“We have to make sure we see those signs to help one another,” said Clark, who provided information on the Navy’s Operational Stress Control program which provides Sailors with resources to build resiliency to respond better to adversity and many facets of stress in their daily lives. “Suicide prevention is everyone’s business.”
Clark also discussed the Stress Injury Continuum Model, which is color coded to better recognize operational stress levels, and was created by the U.S. Marine Corps and Navy Medicine Combat Operational Stress Control team in an effort to assist leadership, service members, and their families to deal with combat and operational stress in a more proactive and effective manner.
| Date Taken: | 09.14.2015 |
| Date Posted: | 09.16.2015 15:20 |
| Story ID: | 176240 |
| Location: | VIRGINIA BEACH, VA, US |
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