Friday, November 9, 2012

It's a Wonderful Life being used for Fort Belvoir Suicide Prevention?

And they thought this was a good idea? Are they out of their minds?
Classic film provides unique suicide awareness trainin
By: By Brittany Carlson
Special to the Belvoir Eagle
Published: November 08, 2012

Fort Belvoir Soldiers and civilians learned about being resilient last week, with a little help from James Stewart.

Fort Belvoir’s Headquarters Battalion hosted a viewing of the classic holiday film "It’s a Wonderful Life" for Soldiers and garrison employees Friday at Wood Theater, as the battalion’s monthly Suicide Awareness and Resiliency training event for November.

"Resiliency, for those who don’t know, is basically the ability to bounce back from some kind of a difficult situation," said Lt. Col. Brian Zarchin, Headquarters Bn. commander, as he introduced the film. "The whole movie’s about bouncing back from what seems like an impossible problem, and that’s what resiliency is all about. George Bailey – the main character in the movie – has to bounce back from a pretty difficult, or what he sees as an impossible, situation, and he’s got a lot more going for him than he realizes."

In the movie, George Bailey (James Stewart) gives up his dreams to help others, but circumstances cause him to lose hope and consider suicide. Then his "guardian angel" appears and gives him a gift: a glimpse of what the world would be like had he never been born, revealing all of the lives George has touched and giving him a new lease on life.

The film showing was the battalion’s way to boost morale in the unit, and continue to address the issue of suicide.
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Contrary to what was claimed in this article, Resiliency Training has not worked in all these years and won't especially if they keep pulling stunts like this.

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