June 1st, 2018 By SoloCup

14 Men arrived into Stallings Road Park for what they thought was another edition of RED (Remember Everyone Deployed) Friday.   Rather, YHC decided to take this opportunity to remind everyone about the ongoing phenomenon regarding the fact that roughly 20 veterans per day commit suicide nationwide.

Warm up

• SSH x 20
• Windmills x 20
• IST x 20

The Thang

• 20 Swings
• 20 Chest presses
• 20 Tricep Ext.
• 20 Bell Merkins
• 20 Sumo Squat
• 20 Lawn Mowers (l/r)
• 20 Thrusters
• 20 Lunges (l/r)
• 22 Rows
• 20 Burpees
• Slow Mosey to the other end of the parking lot and back

Repeato x 3

Mary

• Crunchy Frogs x 20

Announcements

• 7/4/18 Speed for Need is celebrating the one year anniversary of their inaugural race. The American 4 Miler.  See this pre-blast from Nash.  http://f3metro.com/2018/05/30/pre-blast-speed-for-need-american-4-miler-7-4-2018/
• Remember that throughout the summer RoadWarrior and WarriorOne(Broga) will be held at the Abbington Poolhouse
• Adopt-A-Park is on! The plan is to work on June 19 (during the day). Anyone interested has to fill out a waiver. Send @Wexler an email if you are interested
• F3 Harrisburg’s 5th year anniversary beatdown is 6/16. We will be serving coffee and bagels. We need help serving and Qing. See YHC for the details
• The Family Cookout is 6/16 as well. An Evite went out last week.  Reply even if you don’t plan on showing up
• King Tiger 5k is this Saturday, 6/2, at 7:30am.

Moleskin

• Strong work by everyone on a tough post
• Welcome @DrLecter to the group.  That probably won’t be the last time you get hassled about being a WesternBoy.  Keep coming out, it doesn’t get any easier, you just get stronger
• Always exciting to have Visitors from the other AOs, Glad to have you @No1 and @Heatstroke
•  Thanks for the opportunity to lead

Reflection

• 20 veterans per day (according to new data from the Department of Veterans Affairs)  is a figure that dispels the often quoted, but problematic, “22 a day” estimate, yet solidifies the disturbing mental health crisis the number implied.
• Researchers found that the risk of suicide for veterans is 21 percent higher when compared to civilian adults. From 2001 to 2014, as the civilian suicide rate rose about 23.3 percent, the rate of suicide among veterans jumped more than 32 percent.
• The problem is particularly worrisome among female veterans, who saw their suicide rates rise more than 85 percent over that time, compared to about 40 percent for civilian women.
• Roughly 65 percent of all veteran suicides in 2014 were for individuals 50 years or older, many of whom spent little or no time fighting in the most recent wars.

Source: https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2016/07/07/new-va-study-finds-20-veterans-commit-suicide-each-day/

Keep Pushing,

 

#REDFriday, Harrisburg, Harrisburg Iron

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