Tami Mielkes decision to end her life raises serious questions - TopicsExpress



          

Tami Mielkes decision to end her life raises serious questions about South Dakotas care of its emotionally wounded warriors. A gunshot June 24 at Mielkes rural Sioux Falls acreage silenced the demons that came back from Iraq with the 50-year-old former Air National Guardsman. But it hasnt quieted concerns about the way the Guard helped and supported her after she returned — or any other members who struggle with their war experiences. And there have been others. So what are they doing about it, and is it working? In a country where Army Guard and Reserve suicides last year outnumbered active-duty soldier suicides 152 to 151, such questions are not easily answered.
Posted on: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 18:29:40 +0000

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