Staff Sgt. Anna, 380th Expeditionary Medical Group dental technician, participates in a 380 AEW resiliency project, Nov. 23, 2016. Deployed service members were asked to create an open dialogue about resiliency during the holiday season. “I always blamed myself for not answering that phone call. He left three voicemails. We had a conversation right before. And you know it was up and down emotionally with that man. It was ‘love you, I hate you.’ It was rough. And the one time I decided I was going to be strong he committed suicide – because I didn’t answer that phone call – it broke me. I blame


Staff Sgt. Anna, 380th Expeditionary Medical Group dental technician, participates in a 380 AEW resiliency project, Nov. 23, 2016. Deployed service members were asked to create an open dialogue about resiliency during the holiday season. “I always blamed myself for not answering that phone call. He left three voicemails. We had a conversation right before. And you know it was up and down emotionally with that man. It was ‘love you, I hate you.’ It was rough. And the one time I decided I was going to be strong he committed suicide – because I didn’t answer that phone call – it broke me. I blamed it on myself for a long time,” Anna said.


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