Texas veterans utilize safe space, band together for suicide prevention

4/3/2022 4:00 AM

After proudly serving three years in the Army and nine in the Air Force Reserve, Sandra Desjardins remembers leaving the military feeling anxious and alone.

Their goal is to enrich the lives of veterans. “suicide rates among active military personnel and veterans of the post-9/11 wars are reaching new peaks.” “We’re offering them [veterans] all of the resources that they need to be the healthiest, best version of themselves,” Desjardins said.

Air Force veteran Kametra Marzette is the outreach director for The Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at Endeavors in Killeen, Texas. She says high military suicide rates are triggered by a number of things, such as difficulty returning to civilian life.

“When you’re in the military, you kind of have a strict schedule. You know when you’re working out, when you’re going to work, when you’re getting off. So if you’re not doing that anymore, your health could fall by the wayside,” Marzette said. headtopics.com

Team RWB member Don Rhoades says they are tackling this issue. “They [veterans] fit right back into society because we’re with them,” Rhoades shared. “We understand them.” Desjardins is now the community engagement director for

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“suicide rates among active military personnel and veterans of the post-9/11 wars are reaching new peaks.”

“We’re offering them [veterans] all of the resources that they need to be the healthiest, best version of themselves,” Desjardins said.

Air Force veteran Kametra Marzette is the outreach director for

The Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic at Endeavors

in Killeen, Texas. She says high military suicide rates are triggered by a number of things, such as difficulty returning to civilian life.

“When you’re in the military, you kind of have a strict schedule. You know when you’re working out, when you’re going to work, when you’re getting off. So if you’re not doing that anymore, your health could fall by the wayside,” Marzette said.

Team RWB member Don Rhoades says they are tackling this issue.

“They [veterans] fit right back into society because we’re with them,” Rhoades shared. “We understand them.”

Desjardins is now the community engagement director for

Team RWB

Fort Hood.

“As they [veterans] go through the transition, they realize that their best days are ahead of them and not just behind them. It wasn’t just the glory days of their military time,” Desjardins said.

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