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LEFT OF BANG

The suicide crisis among post-9/11 combat veterans isn’t coming.  It’s happening now.  And what we’ve been doing to stop it isn’t working. In military terms, we need to get "left of bang."

Getting left of bang requires abandoning approaches that aren't working.

It means recognizing that access to mental health services, while important, isn't sufficient. It means understanding that veterans don't need to be "fixed" – they need to be empowered to build lives that feel as meaningful as their military service.

Most importantly, it means seeing veterans for what they actually are: not victims of their service, but carriers of its values. When we help them find ways to continue serving, to continue mattering, to continue making their fallen brothers' and sisters' sacrifices meaningful, we don't just prevent suicide – we unleash some of the most capable leaders our nation has produced.

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