The Psychiatric Illness Prevention Program

The Psychiatric Illness Prevention Program

 

 

To: President George W. Bush

From: Frank Paul Gambino

Date: 11 August 2008

Problem:  There is an enormously high suicide rate among Iraq and Afghanistan veterans after returning home.

 

Veterans are killing themselves

 

Over 100 veterans are committing suicide in American a day that is over 6,500 veterans per year.  The veteran suicide rate is not a new thing, it was found in a study in 2007 that veterans who served between  about 1914 and 1994 were twice as likely to commit suicide, own guns and use them on themselves.  But why is the numbers so alarming now?

A woman asked me how would, I react if I saw a friend get killed?  This is what young Americans face overseas in the Middle East today on a regular basis without understanding why they are there in the first place.  We have to wonder how the numbers went from 18 per day to 126 per day in a few short years.

Even after serving in Vietnam the suicide rate was only 1.7 percent higher for Vietnam veterans than non Vietnam veterans.  So why is the suicide rate so high now?

As sad as it might sound I will tell you the sad truth the answer is DRUGS, during the Vietnam War the enemy gave our troops dope, plain and simple.  Now we have young men facing death on a daily basis and cannot even drink a beer.  The morale is poor our troops begged for better entertainment to deaf ears.  When I was in the Army our motto was “Work hard and play hard.” These men are all work and no play and it is killing them even off of the battle field because it is too much to bear.

In Vietnam those guys were made numb; these kids are feeling every moment they spend in Iraq and Afghanistan.  

  

Solution:

I think the first preventative measure is that they give these troops prescribed drugs, without diagnosing them as mentally ill on occasion in the rear a week or two at a time.  One of the problems as I see it is that they feel what they are going through 24/7 they need down time and alcohol is a part of the military experience.  They are being deprived of this because they are in an Islamic Country among people who are not all there to start with.  They commit suicide in the name of their god. Who knows maybe the Muslims need a taste of their own medicine.  (Heroin)  They grow that shit in Afghanistan and we support it.

I think you need to address the Congress ASAP and request additional funds to address the suicide rate among these veterans which until now was unknown to America.  It could be their conscience due to the fact that they never stop feeling the pain of war during the duration of their tour.  It may sound unethical but they need to be sedated ASAP under psychological and psychiatric supervision or they will not be any good to anyone in matter of time and the suicide rate is proof of this.  We are killing our troops through bad policy, forcing Islamic traditions upon them as they are used as hired killers for the same exact people.  They have damn nerves!  YOU KNOW IT AIN’T RIGHT!  

This is only a first step.  The United States Military and the United Service Organization need to call on Hollywood to support the troops with professional high quality entertainment.  Because of the hard times in the music industry these entertainers should be paid a fair wage, through logical support by the military in support of their tours that will be both civilian concurrently with the USO.  What I am trying to accomplish with Janet’s Rock Wit Chu t Tour is the template to how this should be done.

There are 155,000 U.S. troops in Iraq and 33,000 in Afghanistan now:

“The Pentagon has alerted nearly 40,000 active duty and National Guard soldiers that they will be deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan starting this fall, in a sign that it expects hard fighting to continue on both fronts in what Pentagon officials call ‘the long war.”

This comes out to about 210,000 troops in full time war.  The mistake we are making is we are forcing our troops to fight a full time war over a long duration of time.  I say if necessary make it 250,000 if it means putting them in part time role.  Part time fighting will make them more effective in the long run and make them more stable when they come home.

I prefer to keep the 200,000 in the station of war and keep 100,000 out of it, this would mean 9 month in the war and 3 months on R&R and training to maintain awareness. It could be done in a 3 to 1 duration; using two relief crews of 50,000 each doing 3 months on and 3 months off, twice per year.

So I am calling on a larger escalation if there must be one, but creating a friendlier environment for our troops.  Let them go to Europe and Hawaii for R&R and the rear for burnout treatment prevention code for sedation.

 

To: Janet

From: Paul

RE: Explanation you deserve

Date: 11 August 2008

Historically my unit the 3^rd Infantry Division carries the burden of war.  They need to share the burden across the board and give these men a break in-between or they need to leave.

 Troop Morale Hit’s Rock Bottom in Iraq!

 

 

A tour of duty with no end in sight

 

 

 

 

As new US troops flowed into Iraq, others already in the region for several months, such as the 20,000-strong 3rd Infantry Division were retained in Iraq.

Security threats, heat, harsh living conditions, and, for some soldiers, waiting and boredom have gradually eroded spirits. An estimated 9,000 troops from the 3rd Infantry Division – most deployed for at least six months and some for more than a year – have been waiting for several weeks, without a mission, to return to the United States, officers say.

In one Army unit, an officer described the mentality of troops. “They vent to anyone who will listen. They write letters, they cry, they yell. Many of them walk around looking visibly tired and depressed…. We feel like pawns in a game that we have no voice [in].”

Frank Paul Gambino

PS: The other option is to leave!

 

 

 

Changing for the better

To: President George W. Bush

From: Frank Paul Gambino

RE: Changing for the better

Date: 11 August 2008

The world you inhabit is merely a reflection of the thoughts in your head and once you come to terms with that fact you can start changing your life for the better. The more positive vibrations you send out this year, the more wonderful things you’ll get back.

Make it your aim this week to rearrange your work schedule so you have more time for the things that interest you. Some of your colleagues may be unhappy that they have to do more but they owe you plenty of favors. Call a few of them in.

First of all, I want to apologize to Janet and her most committed fans, because did something really stupid which is a habitual mistake for me that goes back for many years.  I have a habit of losing sunglasses, I tend to take them off and forget about them.  I had a case a bag and could have put them away but I left them on the edge of a wall.  So instead of admitting I was stupid, I started cracking jokes with Hector who went with me to Central Park calling them Sticky Fingers Fans.  We laughed all the way home, so I mentioned it to Janet and she did not take it well.  They were a bunch of nice kids, doing something really nice for Janet.  By the way I heard a woman say Janet looks better in the poster.

Secondly, I mentioned this to Janet but I think the promotional posters should be venue specific, whereby on the fan web sight under each venue is a poster with information specific to the venue and this is a job for the Production Manager Team, because they are the eye of the entourage.

For example:

Janet at the Mohegan on Arena, 11 October 2008 time and ticket information and so and so:  Maybe a one liner such as “set some chip aside for the Rock Wit Chu Tour!”  Maybe some of the songs that are hot at that specific venue can be mentioned and the words and more songs will be performed.  Like she will perform such and such hits and more, because different demographics will look forward to different songs:

 I think I can start being nice and bring about change in my life, however, you all have allowed my words to land on deaf ears.  Like I read the CIA made a fucked I up move setting up white workers to do blue collar spying and a year ago I told you about the Mafia, Crips and Blood in effect to deter terrorism and drugs, you did not listen and it is on the flash drive I gave up to the Secret Service.  I told you’ll to setup Janet a stage to perform for the troops (USO) and make arrangements with AAFES Reel Time Theaters again I heard nothing, this is not about making her money alone it is about morale and to reduction of suicides among Iraq and Afghanistan veterans which is at or beyond and alarming rate.

I told you’ll these men need two weeks twice a years in Hawaii somewhere for R&R and it should be with there families, I do not care if it calls for a special spending bill by the congress, if you request it under the current circumstance they cannot refuse the request as misappropriations it is a real need that can save billions of dollars and thousands of lives in the future. 

These kids are all work and not play.

I was at Janet’s place yesterday, I did not go it but I know how to get there, all is left for me to do is call for her, but I want my first visit to be invitation based; I want to know that she is ready to receive me.  I guess my attitude will make a difference there.  I have to stop telling some many dark jokes not everyone find them funny.

I should be getting a package this week.  I think my work schedule is fine, I spend only a few hours at work and I spend the duration on my time on the computer devising plans and creating music.  I plan to really focus on making music and making one or two postings per day.  I can talk to Janet about everything including stuff I cannot post, so that part can be done without too much thinking as to how to articulate it.  Going to SUS makes my day it is my only real associations with the outside world directly.  One thing that can be done now that Dr. Kane added PTSD to my diagnosis; you can unlock my case at Washington DC and give me about 50% to 70% Service connected disability ASAP to cover new and immediate expenses.  I have to do a VA survey on their services.  There are people here where I live that can help me if I could subsidize them for the assistance.  Many of them are smart and have plenty time on their hands.

Later,

Frank Paul Gambino

PS: Someone asked me who am I for McCain or Obama.  My response was, “I know McCain is a friend, he asked for my friendship, I do not know if Obama is my friend, he talks about changing shit but with whose money?”  Any real changes will come through me. It is nice that a black man is so lose to being in the White House, hell he might rename it the Blue House, but he never asked for my friendship so how an I know if he is a friend?  The election of a President is not personal it is business.