Army Has New Video to Combat Suicides

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Army Has New Video to Combat Suicides
February 17, 2009
Daily Press, Newport News, Va.

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. -- His name is Spc. Kyle Norton, and his life is falling apart.

Norton is deployed in the Middle East. His wife-to-be has just ended their relationship via e-mail. He has money problems. A bad country-and-western song doesn't even begin to describe his life.

Now he's about to kill himself.

Norton isn't real, but Army leaders hope that he helps curtail a real-world spike in suicides that grabbed the attention of top military brass and influential lawmakers.

Norton is a character in "Beyond the Front," a combination feature film and computer game that will serve as a role-playing exercise for every Army soldier in the next 30 days. The Army has received 14,000 copies of the video for use during a month-long stand-down aimed at suicide prevention.


Rest of article at: http://www.military.com/news/article/army-has-new-video-to-combat-suicides.html?col=1186032369115



uhc comment: 'new'? Not really - this video was released in October 2008 --> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dKtzZWVxsTw

[babylonsister]

1. And do they really think a video will combat suicides?

This sounds so very lame when so much more is needed.

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