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Military and Medical Experts Explore Meditation to Combat Epidemic of Military Suicides

“Overcoming PTSD and Preventing Suicides: An Evidence Based Approach through Meditation in the Military”

(NEW YORK) - Suicide is now the leading cause of death in our armed forces.

The David Lynch Foundation will host, “Overcoming PTSD and Preventing Suicides: An Evidence Based Approach through Meditation in the Military,” a panel and luncheon addressing the suicide epidemic in our armed forces.

Marine Colonel`s Death Murder Not Suicide
Widow Sues Military to Reopen Investigation Citing Negligence & Cover-Up

A highly decorated and respected officer, Col. Stahlman served as an investigating officer for the Haditha Massacre of 2005.

(BALTIMORE) - The widow of Col. Michael Stahlman filed a precedent-setting Complaint under The Administrative Procedures Act.

She wants her husband's death investigation reopened, and the Manner of Death changed from “suicide” to “homicide.”

Psychopathic Training in the Military and Military Suicides

I have seen PTSD at the front lines and in my medical practice.

(PORTLAND, OR) - I am sure that most civilians have no idea that the military actually trains its soldiers and Marines to be psychopathic killers.

PTSD: Brainwashing, Psychopathic Training = PTSD

Yale Law School assists PTSD Veterans.

(PORTLAND, OR) - Some will think the above is "word salad" but it isn't. I speak at high schools on Veterans Day programs and I ask three questions of the collective students:

1. How many of you want to get shot at? Most usually nobody responds. 2. Who among you wants to get wounded? Nobody responds to that either. 3. Who wants to kill a human being? The silence is deafening.

Medical Marijuana Prevents PTSD Suicides!

Portland VA confronts PTSD therapy failures?!?

(PORTLAND, OR) - PTSD therapy failures and suicides, even with VA treatment, are a national disgrace, reports The Oregonian.

Military veterans are the main focus whose suicides far outnumber those who are not military veterans.

Suicide and the Soldier

"We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex..." - President Dwight Eisenhower

(SASKATCHEWAN) - Eleven years ago, the NeoConservative Bush administration started its so-called endless war on "terrorism."

What they did was provoke by decades of anti-Muslim, anti-Arab and blindly pro-Israel US foreign policies.

Last Week: 26 US War Casualties

US media divert attention from the actual cost in American life and limb by reporting regularly only the total killed, but rarely mentioning those wounded in action

(PORTLAND, OR) - US military occupation forces in Afganistan under Commander-in-Chief Obama suffered 26 casualties in the week ending March 6, as the official casualty total for the Iraq and AfPak wars* rose to 112, 605.

Military Psychiatrists with Personality Disorder

Commentary on the New York Times article: Branding Soldiers with Personality Disorders

(MOLALLA, OR) - For almost anybody with more than two brain neurons, the military, especially the Army, is really a weird place.

Army Releases January Suicide Data

Lt. Gen. Thomas P. Bostick says he is encouraged by the 2011 Army suicide data that reflects a slight decrease in suicides from the record year experienced in 2010.

(WASHINGTON DC) - The Army released suicide data today for the month of January. During January, among active-duty soldiers, there were 16 potential suicides: five have been confirmed as suicide and 11 remain under investigation.

Dead Marine Falsely Accused of Felonies (Part II)

Marine Corps attempts to cover up murder by calling a decorated Marine Colonel a crook and felon.’

(IRVINE, CA) - This is part two in a special series, visit Part One Here

Brigadier General Adams, Commanding General, MCAS El Toro, called Dr. David Sabow, the younger brother of Colonel James Sabow, in early March 1991, requesting that he attend a meeting on March 9th at El Toro to discuss questions related to Colonel Sabow’s death.