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Yellow Ribbon Program During-deployment Event uscg.mil/reserve/yellow_ribbon.asp

Yellow Ribbon Program During-deployment Event www.uscg.mil/reserve/yellow_ribbon.asp. March 16, 2013. PSU 311 – On duty at GTMO. CAPT Karl Leonard E-mail: karl.s.leonard@uscg.mil E-mail: yellowribbon@uscg.mil Phone: (202) 475-5461. Coast Guard Yellow Ribbon Program.

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  1. Yellow Ribbon Program During-deployment Event www.uscg.mil/reserve/yellow_ribbon.asp March 16, 2013

  2. PSU 311 – On duty at GTMO

  3. CAPT Karl LeonardE-mail: karl.s.leonard@uscg.milE-mail: yellowribbon@uscg.milPhone: (202) 475-5461 Coast Guard Yellow Ribbon Program

  4. RDML Kurt Hinrichs Pacific Area SRO Coast Guard Yellow Ribbon Program

  5. MCPO George Williamson Pacific Area RCMC Coast Guard Yellow Ribbon Program

  6. Coast Guard Yellow Ribbon Program TEXT YOUR QUESTION If you have a question at anytime during the sessions that you do not want to ask publicly you can text it discreetly to: 614-282-2104 Responses that may be beneficial to everyone may be broadcast to the audience.

  7. Lt. Gen. Jack C. Stultz message to spouses at Yellow Ribbon event: "My Soldiers are very, very, very proud," Stultz told spouses of…units that returned home…after year-long deployments in Iraq. "Their pride gets in the way of them asking for help, because they think they are supposed to be strong," Stultz said. "We teach them 'Mission first.' We teach them 'We will not quit.' So they think asking for help is a failure. But a lot of our Soldiers need help." "I need you to help me convince your Soldiers, if they need counseling, if they need help, it's OK," he added. "It's not a weakness." The entire Army, and the military as a whole, is struggling to take the stigma out of getting help, the general said, but identifying troops in need and getting them to mental health care is particularly challenging in the Reserve Components.

  8. Reintegration challenges loom large in the lives of all Service members, but especially for those who serve in the National Guard and Reserve Components. In comments made during this year's joint Department of Defense (DoD)/Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Suicide Prevention Conference, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta reminded attendees of the unique situation they face. "Guardsmen and Reservists often do not have ready access to the same support network as the Active Duty force. We've got to do what we can to increase initiatives like the Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program that's working to address this kind of problem."

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