In 1970, he enlisted in the Army and later retired from the Air Force as a Captain after 22 years of service in May 2000.
R enrolled at University in 1974 and graduated in 1977. He commenced his career as an English teacher the same year. He remained dedicated to teaching and coaching until his retirement in 2007.
Throughout his military service, teaching tenure, and his lifetime, he cherished mentoring and inspiring students and the local community.
Suicide is a terrible tragedy, and veteran suicide is an epidemic. If you are struggling and need help, remember that support is available; please, just accept it when offered.
For immediate help, you can contact the US Suicide Hotline at 988.
I share this from his obituary.
Please PLEASE... Reach out ...
I am always available as a sounding board, etc.
Love, Eion 1830
Rip, prayers for him. Thanks for posting this. I have posted quite a bit about this at GAW with little traction, Idk why. But it’s an epidemic. They used to say 22 a day but it is higher than that.
Let me tell you something, and I know this from personal experience- the mil loves to pump as many as possible with SSRIs and they know it can cause young adults to have suicidal ideation. But while active duty, if you are depressed-which many are, you’re out on them and it’s really hard to get off of them. Then you get out and the VA continues the nightmare and they bully you to stay on them. It took me a year to wean off of them and am so glad I did but it was one of the hardest things I’ve ever done. Anyway, I think that is part of the problem but morale has been very low under Obama, it picked up over the Trump admin but then crashed and burned after the Afghanistan withdrawal (abortion.) It’s really, really bad and now they shove all this woke and jab agenda down everyone’s throats, war with Russia. I don’t know what to say about it anymore but I’ll continue to support my friends and local vets until I die.