Photo by Sgt. Anthony Mitchell | 3d Theater Medical Command | 10.19.2012
Spc. Matthew Townsend addressed the chain-of-command saying, “Know your soldiers, get to the root of their problem and try to help fix it.” Noticeable changes in eating and sleeping habits, talking or hinting about suicide, obsession with death, irritability, alcohol or drug use, isolation, giving away possessions, feeling sad depressed or hopeless are signs of a potential suicide victim....