Armed Forces Family Readiness, the Active Duty & Veteran Suicide Crisis, and the Servicemember Transition War
Why is military service and "military transition" so hard?
It hit me like a ton of bricks. I couldn’t believe why I hadn’t recognized it years earlier, sensing something was amiss, but not quite putting my finger on it.
Something didn’t pass the sniff test.
Then the government response to COVID provided the opportunity to take a deep, long breath…and smell the smoke.
It’s in our mind.
The institutionalization during basic training, officer training included, and the pipelines of relentless busy work and weapons system readiness preparedness keep us focused on the little “m” mission, to the detriment of our family and the big “M” mission of LIFE…life in service and, more importantly, in perparation for far beyond.
After months of self-education, surprising finds, a bit of self-reflection and humbling (I’ve got four degrees from higher academia), followed by a few red (and now purple) pills, I’m certain of what the problems are.
It lies in the unbearable workloads keeping us from seeking out and obtaining peak health, compouned by antiquated IT systems and burdensome rules and regulations in service to the Nation, including the shroud of the UCMJ always hanging over us.
It lies in our identity tied up in rank, weapons platform, and/or service branch - focusing full attention on the funcational expertise to be the best we can be functionally by “taking care of our people” as an “Army of One” or “Aim High” (USAF) or “Not Self But Country" (US Navy).
It lies in using the government-offered family readiness centers combined with our educations and upbringings about entrusting Wall Street with our Wealth, to the detriment of fully understanding the broader systems that entrap the middle-class individual into lives of mediocrity, hoping someone else will take care of us (give us a job) like the government did for so many years, even decades.
And it doesn’t have to be like that.
Hence, the Transition Acceleration Project Solutions-ly (ταρς-ly™) are launching as part of the Liberty Accelerator® Program to allow military families and their hero the chance to side-step the bureaucratic provided “TAP traps” that put first and foremost the collective interest’s (Uncle Sam’s DoD) intentions in mind, and certainly not ours or our family’s.
It’s a great forum for relationship building and winning the Liberty Battle, and contributing to the Transition War that all military veteran families before us have navigated and fought…some won, but many lost.
It begins with our OPREP-00 newsletter from Independence Day, July 4, 2020, and then updated annually to begin the program and underlying projects on the Martin Luther King, Jr. federal holiday weekend. The first OPREP-00 of the year is free and openly available to the public.
The next eight in the series, available ahead of each federal holiday weekend through Victory Day on 11/11 annually, cost to participate.
There’s two ways to join, one on your own here with a $7/month donation to the movement, or for $10/month join the Patreon and get the ταρς-ly™ OPREP-Series included while also forming Liberty Power Teams to tackle Transition Mission planning in small groups of like-minded winners.
Then, you’ll have access to Jarrod wearing his hat as The Commissioned Officer’s Guide to either ask him questions one on one or hold group coashing sessions. It’s up to you and very flexible, but you must be a member in the Patreon Virtual Wardroom (Voardroom) community to have that coaching option.
I’m glad you’re with us and ready to become…a Liberator.
Join…or Die.
To Your Liberty,
#HeckYeah