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The shotgun blast reverberates through the phone receiver. Breathless seconds pass before an eerily calm voice cuts through the ringing ear pressed against the other line.
“I just fired a round into the ceiling,” says the voice in a grave, matter-of-fact tone. “You have five minutes to tell me why the next one shouldn’t go through my skull.”
This harrowing crisis is one of dozens of roleplaying scenarios that 27 students assigned to the 143rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary) encountered during an Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST) and Ask, Care, Escort – Suicide Intervention (ACE-SI) workshop conducted April 15-17, 2016, in Orlando, Fla.
“ASIST gives students the fundamental tools, knowledge and resources to help save the life an individual contemplating suicide,” said Gerald Felder, suicide program manager, 143rd ESC. “This course teaches students how to identify people expressing suicidal thoughts and behaviors and take a proactive approach in providing immediate and compassionate care for them through hands-on training.”
Created by LivingWorks Education, a social enterprise dedicated to saving lives through the creation, development and delivery of innovative training experiences, ASIST has trained more than 1 million people throughout the world on how to apply scientifically tested tools and techniques to reduce the risks associated with suicide. The U.S. Army partnered with LivingWorks in 2009 to integrate ASIST training in the Army’s suicide prevention campaign.
“[ASIST] is more than just a series of dry presentations that explain why people shouldn’t kill themselves,” said Army Spc. Grace Lee, an ASIST student serving as a transportation management coordinator for the 520th Movement Control Team in Orlando. “It breaks the ‘death by PowerPoint’ mold by creating a caring and comfortable environment that encourages students to share their ideas and personal experiences … The ASIST instructors encourage us to address one another on a first name basis, [and] I feel this practice helps students speak freely among themselves by reducing the tensions associated with rank and status.”
“The foundational framework of ASIST assumes that anyone can save a life,” added Felder, a native of Birmingham, Ala. “The program’s proactive approach gives students the confidence to take action with the understanding that they should strive for proficiency rather than perfection. ASIST emphasizes this distinction to remind students that their training is equivalent to applying first aid to a wounded comrade, and that they should reach out to their chaplain, behavioral health specialist, chain-of-command or other experts with the same skill set and resources to provide long-term care.
The workshop’s interactive audio-visual presentations, small group discussions and roleplaying scenarios culminate into a versatile program that provides practical training for Army Reserve Soldiers beyond their military obligations.
“This is the second time I’ve taken this course,” said Lee, a Honolulu, Hawaii, native currently working as a nurse for a Florida Hospital women’s care clinic. “Shortly after I received my ASIST training certification, I applied my newfound skills and knowledge to help my patients … Taking this course again reinforces what I learned, especially on how to identify the subtle signs of suicide and what questions to ask when you suspect someone is thinking about taking his or her own life.”
Suicides in the Army ranks rose sharply from 45 in 2001 to 165 in 2012. Three years later, this all-time high dropped by nearly 20 percent. Felder partially attributes this decrease to the surge of Soldiers and Department of the Army Civilians who have participated in an ASIST workshop. He punctuates this correlation with recent suicide statistics within his command.
“The 143rd ESC sadly lost eight Soldiers to suicide last year,” said Felder. “Since Jan.1, 2016, only one Soldier in this command has committed suicide. Although one life lost to suicide is too many, the fact that the command reported nine suicidal threats that were averted through intervention tells me that the Soldiers, civilians and family members of this command are communicating with one another and using the plethora of suicide prevention resources available to them to include the training many have received through the ASIST program.”
Although an analysis of the specific contributions of ASIST to the Army’s declining suicide rate may prove difficult to measure, its personable approach and collaborative environment have given thousands of Soldiers the confidence to uphold the Army values founded on the basic yet essential moral principle that all life is precious.
“I lost my brother and nearly lost my husband to suicide,” said Lee. “If I had ASIST training during those dark days, I may have spared my family and me from immense pain and hardship. People tend to forget that suicide takes a heavy toll on the living as well … I highly encourage my fellow Soldiers to enroll in ASIST training immediately and actively participate in all the activities with an open mind.”
Story and photos by Sgt. John L. Carkeet IV, 143rd ESC
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Date: circa 1930
Location: Fettercairn Island Dominion Training Camp
From: Guiding in Canada 1924-1934 Album
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Instructors Ashley Wise, Scott Christy & Edith Day briefly pose while preparing for FSR-3's Canyon section.
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During the month of August, UFV International welcomed several short-term training groups from China and Japan. UFV pulled experts from around the university to facilitate seminars and shared knowledge with new and continuing international partners in the areas of wood frame construction, English language training, and administrator and faculty professional development.
At the farewell lunch, attended by Dr. Mark Evered and his wife, Maureen, participants received a certificate of completion to mark their accomplishment.
In collaboration with Canada Wood and China National Ministry of Urban and Rural Housing Development (Mohurd), UFV welcomed nine Chinese instructors from trade schools across China along with seven building company representatives for a three-week program that consisted of 50% classroom instruction, 35% hands-on instruction, and 15% project visits. It was the first program of its kind, with positive indications that the program will grow in the coming years.
As a university nationally recognized for our student-centered approach to education, UFV hosted twenty-three university administrators and nine English language faculty from Harbin Huade University, Heilongjiang University of Finance and Economics, East University of Heilongjiang, Heilongjiang International University. The visit was sponsored by Heilongjiang Modern Education Training Center and the Heilongjiang Association of Private Education. Participants learned from UFV’s senior administration, directors, and international educators on a range of topics from Strategic Enrollment Strategies to developing a teaching portfolio.
Programa del Curso de: INSTRUCTOR DE TAI CHI CHUAN 2014
Escrito por el director de cursos Dr. Hector Daniel Martínez.
1. Ejercicios de Calentamiento:
- Parados
- En el piso
- En sillas
2. Posición inicial: WUCHI (entre el cielo y la tierra):
- Las trece posiciones básicas
- Forma de las trece posiciones
- Forma trece de Tai Chi
3. Principios y vínculos filosóficos del Tai Chi:
- Tao Te Jing
- I Ching
- Peng Jin
4. Conexiones energéticas del Tai Chi:
- Doce canales principales
- Ocho vasos maravillosos
- Cinco Reinos
- Yin y Yang
- Trigramas
5. Tópicos del Tai Chi:
- Cuatro ejercicios básicos
- Diez puntos importantes
- Tópicos del Tai Chi
- Tui Shou
- San Shou
- Las fuerzas del Tai Chi
- El arte de la neutralización
6. Tai Chi para el adulto mayor:
- Aplicación de los principios
- Prevención de caídas y lesiones
- Enseñanza y práctica
- Tai Chi:
i. Caminando
ii. Parado
iii. Sentado
7. Uso del Tai Chi para la edukinesiología:
- Lateralidad
- Percepción del espacio
- Trastornos vestibulares
- Aplicaciones prácticas
8. Aplicación en la defensa personal.
9. Formas:
- Manos libres, formas Yang, Wu, Wudang
- Abanico simple y doble
- Bastón corto, bastón de calle, dos bastones
- Espada
10. Prevención y tratamiento de enfermedades a través del Tai Chi
Todos los Derechos Reservados. Escuela Tian Zhong. © 2014.
I scheduled a dance lesson with Miss Angie, our beloved instructor, for Monday, October 8, which was a federal holiday. My wife did not accompany me to this one, for several reasons: first, she was not feeling well; second, all of us, including Angie, believe the learning curve for me is steep enough that I need some extra one-on-one instruction; and third, I have always wanted to have a few good photos made of me dancing with Angie. This occasion provided me with a perfect opportunity, which ended up being even more perfect than I could have imagined.
I enlisted fellow Flickrite cobalt123 to be my photographer during this 45-minute lesson. I had some reservations about the project, because I knew Angie did not like to be photographed, and also because I did not want to create any unnecessary distractions for the four or five other couples I was sure would be out on that floor at the same time we were. Moreover, cobalt had never used my DSLR before, and I had to give her a quick mini-lesson on how to operate it. I preset the white balance, shutter speed, and ISO before I turned the camera over to her, having developed a good instinct for these things through several months of doing dance photography. I told cobalt she could include any of these pictures she wished in her photostream, as she had been the one taking the pictures; but she said no, it had been a joint effort, and she could not have obtained the results she did if I hadn't preset the camera.
I thought cobalt did a crackerjack job with my camera. She took well over 200 pictures during the 45-minute session. I was very surprised to discover that we were the only couple out on the dance floor during that entire time, which is something practically unheard of at that hour -- and, from my perspective, a magnificent stroke of good fortune as well. Apart from that, Angie prepared this lesson well in advance, and it ended up being the best lesson I have ever had with her. It was devoted exclusively to Argentine tango. Angie is the daughter of a Marine sergeant, and she fit the part as she barked out instructions to me, sometimes over and over again, during this lesson. And she ended up being a good sport about the pictures, which she reviewed afterward on my LCD screen; in fact, she told me she liked some of them, and asked me to e-mail them to her.
It was the perfect ending to the most perfect Monday I have had in years. Angie, being Angie, couldn't resist teasing me, however. At one point during the lesson, she went through the motions of trying to strangle me, which was duly recorded by my camera. Later, cobalt told her I had posted photos of some of the other instructors, such as Amber, Lindsey, Gery, Breezy, and Johanna, about all of whom I had also written affectionate tributes, whereupon Angie scolded me for my "cheating heart." I didn't hear the end of that before I left the studio.
Programa del Curso de: INSTRUCTOR DE TAI CHI CHUAN 2014
Escrito por el director de cursos Dr. Hector Daniel Martínez.
1. Ejercicios de Calentamiento:
- Parados
- En el piso
- En sillas
2. Posición inicial: WUCHI (entre el cielo y la tierra):
- Las trece posiciones básicas
- Forma de las trece posiciones
- Forma trece de Tai Chi
3. Principios y vínculos filosóficos del Tai Chi:
- Tao Te Jing
- I Ching
- Peng Jin
4. Conexiones energéticas del Tai Chi:
- Doce canales principales
- Ocho vasos maravillosos
- Cinco Reinos
- Yin y Yang
- Trigramas
5. Tópicos del Tai Chi:
- Cuatro ejercicios básicos
- Diez puntos importantes
- Tópicos del Tai Chi
- Tui Shou
- San Shou
- Las fuerzas del Tai Chi
- El arte de la neutralización
6. Tai Chi para el adulto mayor:
- Aplicación de los principios
- Prevención de caídas y lesiones
- Enseñanza y práctica
- Tai Chi:
i. Caminando
ii. Parado
iii. Sentado
7. Uso del Tai Chi para la edukinesiología:
- Lateralidad
- Percepción del espacio
- Trastornos vestibulares
- Aplicaciones prácticas
8. Aplicación en la defensa personal.
9. Formas:
- Manos libres, formas Yang, Wu, Wudang
- Abanico simple y doble
- Bastón corto, bastón de calle, dos bastones
- Espada
10. Prevención y tratamiento de enfermedades a través del Tai Chi
Todos los Derechos Reservados. Escuela Tian Zhong. © 2014.
Zumba Instructors David Lowe and Tom Lowe train for the Edinburgh Zumbathon for Quarriers around Calton Hill in Edinburgh.
Photography by Gareth Easton 07752 666 522.
Top left to right Robbie Robertson, Don Parsons, Tom Hare, Jim Howe, John Tessier,Dave Weston, Stan the man Dametrick. Fred Mcdonalld,Paul Jacques,Mike Moore,CWO ?.Murray Loyst
Programa del Curso de: INSTRUCTOR DE TAI CHI CHUAN 2014
Escrito por el director de cursos Dr. Hector Daniel Martínez.
1. Ejercicios de Calentamiento:
- Parados
- En el piso
- En sillas
2. Posición inicial: WUCHI (entre el cielo y la tierra):
- Las trece posiciones básicas
- Forma de las trece posiciones
- Forma trece de Tai Chi
3. Principios y vínculos filosóficos del Tai Chi:
- Tao Te Jing
- I Ching
- Peng Jin
4. Conexiones energéticas del Tai Chi:
- Doce canales principales
- Ocho vasos maravillosos
- Cinco Reinos
- Yin y Yang
- Trigramas
5. Tópicos del Tai Chi:
- Cuatro ejercicios básicos
- Diez puntos importantes
- Tópicos del Tai Chi
- Tui Shou
- San Shou
- Las fuerzas del Tai Chi
- El arte de la neutralización
6. Tai Chi para el adulto mayor:
- Aplicación de los principios
- Prevención de caídas y lesiones
- Enseñanza y práctica
- Tai Chi:
i. Caminando
ii. Parado
iii. Sentado
7. Uso del Tai Chi para la edukinesiología:
- Lateralidad
- Percepción del espacio
- Trastornos vestibulares
- Aplicaciones prácticas
8. Aplicación en la defensa personal.
9. Formas:
- Manos libres, formas Yang, Wu, Wudang
- Abanico simple y doble
- Bastón corto, bastón de calle, dos bastones
- Espada
10. Prevención y tratamiento de enfermedades a través del Tai Chi
Todos los Derechos Reservados. Escuela Tian Zhong. © 2014.