Army To Encourage Belittling Soldiers With Mental Health Issues
Army Secretary John McHugh
THE PENTAGON - Following another devastating report on the increase in the number of soldiers committing suicide, the Army is scrambling to solve the continuing crisis.
Secretary of the Army John McHugh held a press conference at the Pentagon to address the Army's concerns.
"This year, we've lost more soldiers to suicide than combat. I'm here to tell everyone that the Army is doing everything in its power to raise suicide awareness," he said. "We've come to realize that our previous campaign of forcing troops to sit in a briefing room for days at a time to view over 2,000 PowerPoint slides just wasn't effective."
He continued, "Our new initiative is to make suicide something so negative, that no troops will want to do it. I'm proud to announce the Army's new suicide prevention campaign which we call 'Suicide is for Pussies.'"
Lieutenant Colonel Harold Cochran, an architect of the Army's new suicide prevention program, spoke with Duffel Blog reporters via telephon…
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