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One thing we know about suicide

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prevention is that connections are

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critical . It's critical for all of us .

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Everyone out there needs someone they

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can connect to , they can talk with

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when they , when they need help , when

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they need help . One big takeaway from

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these trainings is that it's ok to talk

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about suicide , whether it's a spouse

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or significant other or kid parent

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shipmate , um to be able to talk to

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whenever , you know , you're having a

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tough time or you're going through some

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adversity . Um It's showing strength ,

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not weakness when you're willing to

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talk with someone about it in March .

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Uh she o or Phelps and I , we're gonna

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take on the challenge of running 100

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miles and for every now that we're

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doing , we're looking to get folks to

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sign up for um some of the programs

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that the Coast Guard offers for mental

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health and suicide prevention or

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awareness . So these Coast Guard

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trainings are available for active duty

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reservist , coast Guard members . It

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doesn't matter the rank an E three all

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the way up to a flag level officer or

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es civilian . It's open to any member

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that currently serves or works for the

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Coast Guard and also available for

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dependence . And so anytime we can

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provide empathy and support and , and

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offer resources to people in need , we

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absolutely want to do that . I mean ,

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at the end of the day , we want to

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shatter the silence about suicide

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prevention and mental health , people

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should be able to talk about it . The

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Coast Guard being such a close knit

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service , a smaller service , we should ,

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you know , work together and come

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together and be able to support each

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other . Our goal is to get 100 people ,

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um , signed up for this initiative and

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every mile that we complete that person

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is , um , pledging to complete one of

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these , uh , programs , um , or

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trainings and if it saves one life that

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it's totally worth it .