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When rechargeable batteries first came out on the market, people were amazed at how easy it was. Rechargeable batteries typically gave a longer life than regular batteries, and when they died it was so simple to pop them back into the charger. The downside with rechargeable batteries was the expense, and most people opted to use them only in cameras and similar electronic equipment. Today however, there is the clever and affordable Battery Wizard on the market; a charger which will charge all kinds of different sized batteries rechargeable as well as ordinary batteries. (more…)
Staff Sgt. Travis Twiggs had a strong commitment to the Marines, he enjoyed the Marines and flourished in the environment. However, multiple tours in Iraq brought out this young mans demons. While seeking treatment from PTSD, he left the treatment facility in Bethesda he left to see his dying grandmother. He was missing a few days before being reported AWOL. While in town he met up with his brother. After visiting his family and his grandmother, the left town. They headed towards the Grand Canyon. They stole one car and attempted to drive it off the Grand Canyon. When that failed they stole a second car and were involved in a high speed chase. The police believe that Travis thought that the Iraq’s were out to get him. At the end of the chase he killed himself and his brother (seems from what was going on that they did have a suicide pact).
The family is still in shock that they even had this plan. Staff Sgt. Travis Twiggs left behind a wife and two kids.
How many people need to get PTSD and not get the right treatment or kill themselves before our government wakes up?
Even worse: Internal emails from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) turned over to a federal district court in San Francisco this week reveal that the agency’s mental health unit saw a staggering 1,000 suicide attempts every month among veterans receiving government care last year. emails also indicated that among all US veterans, the VA was aware of a suicide rate of 6,570 per year, or 18 suicides every day on average.
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