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Last Friday night, a Marine at my shop was charged with a DUI for blowing a .11 after a cop stopped him. His barracks roommate picked him up and brought him back to the barracks. After they arrived, the young Marine told his roommate that he was going to take a walk. He walked all the way to our shop, went to the fifth deck of the tower and jumped out of a window. He died yesterday after his parents decided to pull the plug.
There were no warning signs that said that this Marine was suicidal. In fact, aside from making the mistake of driving under the influence, he was an outstanding Marine. It sucks to see the shock in all of the junior Marines faces right now. It's hard to fathom what made him do it. I guess maybe because of the military reducing their numbers and so many people getting kicked out over mild offenses, maybe he thought that his career was over or something. This circumstance in particular kind of flies in the face of those suicide classes we have to take that tells us what to look for in someone who is suicidal.
Well anyway, I feel like crap and I'm praying for his family and the rest of our shop. These things take time I guess.
There were no warning signs that said that this Marine was suicidal. In fact, aside from making the mistake of driving under the influence, he was an outstanding Marine. It sucks to see the shock in all of the junior Marines faces right now. It's hard to fathom what made him do it. I guess maybe because of the military reducing their numbers and so many people getting kicked out over mild offenses, maybe he thought that his career was over or something. This circumstance in particular kind of flies in the face of those suicide classes we have to take that tells us what to look for in someone who is suicidal.
Well anyway, I feel like crap and I'm praying for his family and the rest of our shop. These things take time I guess.