1 00:00:01,458 --> 00:00:06,913 THE STRENGTH OF THE FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRD WING HEADQUARTERS BUILDING IS FOUND IN EACH BRICK THAT SUPPORTS ITS OVERALL STRUCTURE. 2 00:00:09,342 --> 00:00:16,705 THIS FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRD WING FIRST SERGEANT KNOWS THE SUPPORT AVAILABLE TO HIS AIRMEN FROM SUICIDE PREVENTION RESOURCES THOUGH PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. 3 00:00:17,522 --> 00:00:25,136 YEARS AGO, TROUBLES IN HIS MARRIAGE AND A ROUGH TRANSITION FROM ACTIVE DUTY TO THE RESEVE, DROVE HIM TO DESPAIR. HIS ANXIETY AND HOPELESSNESS WERE AMONG THE RISKS FOR SUICIDE. 4 00:00:25,854 --> 00:00:28,728 AT THE TIME, HE FELT CORNERED. 5 00:00:28,939 --> 00:00:39,005 “BUT I FINALLY GOT THE ENCOURAGEMENT FROM ONE OF MY FRIENDS THAT SAID, ‘HEY, JUST REACH OUT TO THE MILITARY ONE-SOURCE.’ IT’S ACTUALLY WHAT I USED AND IT WAS COMPLETELY 6 00:00:41,102 --> 00:00:46,548 YOU KNOW, CONFIDENTIAL. NO ONE KNEW ABOUT IT, BUT THAT’S WHAT ALLOWED ME TO GAIN THAT CONFIDENCE TO KNOW THAT I WASN’T GOING TO BE JUDGED FOR CONNECTING.” 7 00:00:48,317 --> 00:00:53,863 BRYANT BROUGHT THE RESILIENCY HE GAINED BY GETTING HELP WITH HIM TO THE FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRD WING. SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF AIRMEN 8 00:00:54,020 --> 00:01:00,026 IN CRISIS TO SEEK ASSISTANCE COMES FROM THE WING COMMANDER WHO WANTS THEM TO USE THEIR VOICES TO ASK FOR HELP. 9 00:01:01,852 --> 00:01:06,032 “THE FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRD WING IS EXTREMELY COMMITTED TO SUICIDE AWARENESS AND PREVENTION AND WE DO THAT IN PROVIDING RESOURCES THAT FOLKS CAN GO TO, 10 00:01:07,270 --> 00:01:12,554 TO GET THE SUPPORT THAT THEY NEED AND THERE ARE MANY ENTITIES SO WE HOPE THAT SOMEONE WILL FIND ONE OF THOSE THAT THEY ARE COMFORTABLE WITH 11 00:01:13,175 --> 00:01:22,445 WHETHER IT’S A CHAPLAIN OR OUR MENTAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, OR THEIR CHAIN OF COMMAND, THEIR LEADERSHIP. THAT’S NOT JUST ON STATUS, 12 00:01:23,848 --> 00:01:34,786 IT’S NOT WHILE THEY ARE HERE ON THE DRILL WEEKEND, THAT IS TWENTY-FOUR-SEVEN, ANYTIME THAT THEY ARE FEELING THEY NEED SOME SUPPORT THEY CAN REACH OUT.” 13 00:01:38,274 --> 00:01:43,258 “PLEASE REACH OUT AND GET THE SUPPORT THAT YOU NEED. THERE ARE SO MANY RESOURCES BOTH ON BASE AND IN THE COMMUNITY THAT WANT TO HELP YOU, AS WELL AS 14 00:01:43,377 --> 00:01:49,053 I KNOW THERE’S PLENTY OF AIRMEN AROUND YOU WHO WOULD RATHER YOU CALL THEM THAN TO TAKE YOUR OWN LIFE. SOMETIMES WHEN YOU ARE IN THAT DARK PLACE, YOU MAY NOT SEE THERE ARE OPTIONS 15 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:56,947 BUT I GUARANTEE THERE ARE ALWAYS OTHER OPTIONS OUT THERE, SO ALLOW SOMEBODY TO HELP YOU FIND THEM.” 16 00:01:58,178 --> 00:02:04,128 THE OPTIONS FOR AIRMEN TO AVOID THE RISKS OF SUICIDE CONTINUE WITH THE STRENGTH OF THE FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRD WING TO SUPPORT THEM. 17 00:02:05,054 --> 00:02:07,978 TECH SERGEANT MICHAEL FARRAR, FOUR HUNDRED AND THIRD WING, REPORTING.”