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My name is Major Jeff Hall . I wouldn't

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go to combat for anybody else . He said

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that we were going to storm the gates

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of hell today . I would say . All right ,

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so let's go . I've seen how deadly

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combat can be . It was the second tour

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that I started to feel grinding down on

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me . When I came back , I became more

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and more distant . I could tell when he

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walked in the door of the hangar . He

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wasn't the same man . They didn't know

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what to say , what to ask . My anger

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from work would carry over . Never

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physical . I just wanted them to go

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away . I didn't want them to be part of

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what's going on with me . I wasn't

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about to go to behavioral health in my

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mind . That was the death of my career .

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It wasn't until Colonel Purnell noticed

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and he helped me find the right program

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and it helped us . I don't believe that

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it will wreck your career like I did in

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the beginning and I'm starting to see

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it at the higher levels of command .

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Their understanding , wow . We owe

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these guys a chance to heal . So don't

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be afraid to come forward if you have

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trouble