Completing the mission is the target. Using your techniques, skills, and resources learned in the military to complete the mission should be no different when it comes to mental health and wellbeing. Complete your mission in finding the best ways to live the life you so deserve by completing the mission for your mental health well being. 

Suzi has the honor of taking with Retired 1SG U.S. Army Tom Cruz about his journey recovering from attempted suicide while still in service and rebuilding his life one day at a time. Tom has experienced first hand the importance of a strong support system and the importance of using this knowledge to help others to build and repair their own team.

Tom's Bio

My name is Tom Cruz, Retired Army 1SG, 26 years, deployed to Kosovo in 1999 then to Iraq 05-06, 06-07, 07-08 and Jordan in 2017. Stationed at locations from Ft. Bragg, Ft. Campbell, Puerto Rico, the Maryland/DC area and Tampa, Florida and Belgium. I was a Soldier that thought I could take care of everything on my own, had all the answers for everyone else until 3 November 2010 when that came all crashing down. That day changed my life and those around me forever, I realized I could not handle the pressure of doing everything on my own and “One” person stopped me from not being able to tell this story today.

I have gone through the (MRT) Master Resilience Training Level One at UPenn, (ASIST) Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training, (ASIST T4T) ASIST Training for Trainers, (QPR) Questions, and Persuade and Refer online, Crisis Intervention / Mental Health Training through Mid-Continent University, (ACE SI) Ask, Care Escort Suicide Intervention Trained, and (safeTALK) Safe Tell, Ask, Listen, and Keepsafe; amongst others because I want to be that “One” for someone else, so no one has to go through what I went through.

Over the past 12 years I have been a part of multiple organizations, two I helped start from the foundation that deal with the social media realm particularly Facebook. I now work with incarcerated Veterans and Civilians getting their lives on track after coming out of prison.

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