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Air Guard's 'Wingman Project'
Lifts the Fog of Suicide
Posted 8/25/2010

by Master Sgt. Mike R. Smith
National Guard Bureau

8/25/2010 - JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Md. (AFNS) -- Citizen
Airmen and their loved ones worry about the risks of combat,
but they should know that a far greater risk lies in suicide,
according to statistics compiled by Air National Guard
officials.

In fact, the Air Guard's suicide prevention program,
"Wingman Project" at www.wingmanproject.org, states that
for every Airman killed in combat, seven Airmen take their
own lives.

Air National Guard officials are providing such facts, along
with the resources and tools to prevent suicide, through the
"Wingman Project", which was named as one of the best
suicide prevention programs in Air Force last year.

"We are trying to use ... 'Wingman Project' as a way to get
the word out and to get those materials out there to the
field," said Col. Doug Slocum, the director of safety at the
Air National Guard Readiness Center.

The website lists the National Suicide Prevention Hotline as
well as suicide training and resources available online and
in the states and territories. The state hotlines and program
links are available on an interactive map.

Colonel Slocum said Airmen and their families and friends
can read articles and watch videos on suicide awareness
and intervention. They can also join in on Internet blogs and
other social media activities.

The "Wingman Project" goal is to train citizen Airmen and
their families to recognize the signs of suicide and get help
for that person.

Everyone can learn to recognize the warning signs of
someone at risk of suicide through the tools that the
"Wingman Project" offers, Colonel Slocum said.

The site offers tiers of training on how to ask the right
questions and how to get help for someone.

Follow-on classroom training can certify users in Ask, Care
and Escort  and in Applied Suicide Intervention Skills
Training, which prepare members to intervene to stop a
suicide.

"Suicide is preventable," Colonel Slocum said . "There are
very few suicides that just happen out of the blue."
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