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	<title>Comments on: It&#8217;s Official: Our Soldiers Need Help</title>
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		<title>By: SallyT</title>
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		<description>“Anybody out there who’s interested: We are hiring and we need your help,” Ritchie said.

That&#039;s probably the only accurate part of any Army (or ANY military) statements being made about this. It will be an impossible task to reduce the stigma of any mental health issue for someone on active duty. The second you get a label or diagnosis, you can kiss your career goodbye. That&#039;s no small thing. Many active duty are there for the career. And unlike any perceived negative mark against you in the civilian world, if you got it while in the military it WILL follow you the rest of your life.</description>
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<p>That&#8217;s probably the only accurate part of any Army (or ANY military) statements being made about this. It will be an impossible task to reduce the stigma of any mental health issue for someone on active duty. The second you get a label or diagnosis, you can kiss your career goodbye. That&#8217;s no small thing. Many active duty are there for the career. And unlike any perceived negative mark against you in the civilian world, if you got it while in the military it WILL follow you the rest of your life.</p>
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