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My name is Major Jeff Hall.

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I wouldn't go to combat for anybody else.

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If you said that we were going to storm
the gates of hell today,

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I would say, “All right, sir, let's go.”
It was the second tour

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that I started to really feel it
grinding down on me.

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We essentially was kind of
just driving around until we got blown up.

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I could tell when he walked in the door
of the hangar, he wasn't the same man.

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They didn't know what to say, what to ask.

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My anger from work would carry over.

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Never physical.

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I just wanted them to go away.

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I didn't want them to be part
of what was going on with me.

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I wasn't about to go to behavioral health.

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In my mind,
that was the death of my career.

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It wasn't until Colonel Pinell noticed,

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and he helped me
find the right program, and it helped us.

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I don't believe that it will wreck
your career like I did in the beginning.

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And I'm starting to see it at the higher
levels of commander understanding.

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While we owe these guys a chance to heal.

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So don't be afraid to come
forward if you have trouble.