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DamnYankeeInHouston

(1,365 posts) Sun Feb 16, 2014, 11:59 AM Feb 2014

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One of my former students just committed suicide. [View all]

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I taught him in second grade. He loved nature and bicycling. He was married. He joined the navy. He was about to be deployed for the second time. I can't help but feel he is one more of the American military's most common form of casualty. He will be missed. My heart aches for his family and friends.

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One of my former students just committed suicide. [View all] DamnYankeeInHouston Feb 2014 OP

... IdaBriggs Feb 2014 #1

"Hey, thanks for serving and what not. Hope you can deal with the trauma!" NuclearDem Feb 2014 #2

So sorry for your loss.... CherokeeDem Feb 2014 #3

How horrible. You and his family have my condolences. MrsKirkley Feb 2014 #4

I'm sorry.. one_voice Feb 2014 #5

This has been happening for awhile Cirque du So-What Feb 2014 #6

So sorry for everyone's loss, yours, his family, us here at du and me here at home madokie Feb 2014 #7

I am so sorry. Squinch Feb 2014 #8

Very Sorry btrflykng9 Feb 2014 #9

I am so sorry for your loss. Peace to you, and to your student's family and friends. magical thyme Feb 2014 #10

I'm very very sorry n/t Yo_Mama Feb 2014 #11

My condolences to you and to his family davidpdx Feb 2014 #12

The things we ask our children to do are more than they can at times. proudretiredvet Feb 2014 #13

All that and it includes none of what the solder is going through his or herself. DamnYankeeInHouston Feb 2014 #15

I think we need to deploy most of Congress. Ilsa Feb 2014 #14

I Agree grilled onions Feb 2014 #44

I am so sorry shenmue Feb 2014 #16

So sorry YoungDemCA Feb 2014 #17

So very sad... ReRe Feb 2014 #18

I mourn your loss hotrod0808 Feb 2014 #19

You and your family have my sympathy. DamnYankeeInHouston Feb 2014 #22

Sorry for this loss. Agschmid Feb 2014 #20

How many more do we have to lose before we get sick of this perpetual war? I am LoisB Feb 2014 #21

For you, your student, and his friends and family: Brigid Feb 2014 #23

how sad, i'm sorry Liberal_in_LA Feb 2014 #24

No words. flying rabbit Feb 2014 #25

Damn. calimary Feb 2014 #26

I am so sorry, breaks the heart .... arthritisR_US Feb 2014 #27

You don't know what caused him to kill himself; assuming doesn't help his family or honor him. MADem Feb 2014 #28

He was being deployed a second time. He was not being forced out. DamnYankeeInHouston Feb 2014 #29

He was in the NAVY. You do know that deployment is typical in military careers? MADem Feb 2014 #30

And some ARE related which you seem not to accept! n-t Logical Feb 2014 #32

Well, that's not even slightly true. MADem Feb 2014 #35

I'm taken aback by the hostil name calling. DamnYankeeInHouston Feb 2014 #45

Look, I am not "hostil" name calling. MADem Feb 2014 #46

"I cant help but feel..." Feel is the operative word. DamnYankeeInHouston Feb 2014 #48

Yes, you were opining. MADem Feb 2014 #49

I started to research this since you called me pompous. DamnYankeeInHouston Feb 2014 #50

The link I offered addresses this. MADem Feb 2014 #51

You were right and I was wrong. DamnYankeeInHouston Feb 2014 #53

Doesn't really matter in the big scheme of things--he's gone, and people left behind are asking MADem Feb 2014 #57

I've already done that. DamnYankeeInHouston Feb 2014 #58

Good for you. That was a great kindness on your part. MADem Feb 2014 #59

As a retired soldier myself AnalystInParadise Feb 2014 #33

+1 nt MADem Feb 2014 #34

Exactly, deployment in the Navy could be a six month Mediterranean cruise. B Calm Feb 2014 #39

I understand that the Navy can be a cake walk compared to the Army. DamnYankeeInHouston Feb 2014 #40

One thing you don't have to do is march 13 miles with 50 pounds of B Calm Feb 2014 #41

This is true, and "hot racking" is pretty much a thing of the past with SMART SHIPS technology. MADem Feb 2014 #47

There are people with psychological issues in all walks of life. DamnYankeeInHouston Feb 2014 #31

Sad. Serving in the US military is little more than working for Big Oil and the MIC anymore. blkmusclmachine Feb 2014 #36

I am sorry for his loss. merrily Feb 2014 #37

Altogether too many, any more............ raven mad Feb 2014 #38

Suicide sucks. I'll be thinking of you, OP. nt TheMathieu Feb 2014 #42

I am so very sorry. HappyMe Feb 2014 #43

I caught your OP title several days ago but couldn't handle it then. IrishAyes Feb 2014 #52

Thank you for your reply. DamnYankeeInHouston Feb 2014 #54

The suicide that haunts me most happened on a stateside military base years ago. You probably know IrishAyes Feb 2014 #56

This is so sad. Teaching someone, then losing them is a special pain. Eleanors38 Feb 2014 #55