I served with the SPS Speakers Bureau, Executive Board
and other committees and gave talks about the community program at
staff, non-commissioned officers', military dependents', and civilian
community meetings.
Job-related, I compiled an information kit on suicide myths, and the
signs that would generally indicate that a friend or family member might
be thinking of suicide. I sent copies of whatever literature I acquired
from the SPS and the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to my
counterparts at other military bases. The USAF Inspector General
printed an article about the information kits in the USAF TIG BRIEF
(The Inspector General Brief) an IG administrative newsletter distributed
to USAF facilities worldwide and to the Hqs of the other Services. The
TIG Brief newsletter was also distributed in Viet Nam. The item
resulted in more than 150 requests from Southeast Asia for the
information packet, which we forwarded.
During talks I gave to military and general audiences I was occasionally
asked for examples of what 'hotline' exchanges with military callers were
like.
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