Mandatory stress tests to begin in October

I saw her interviewed earlier today on CNN. Let's hope she knows what she's talking about. Brig. Gen. Rhonda Cornum is talking about mind-body-spirit connection so I am a bit hopeful but I've been hopeful before and the suicide rates just kept going up as PTSD kept getting worse.

Mandatory stress tests to begin in October

The Associated Press
Posted : Wednesday Aug 19, 2009 18:48:52 EDT

FORT LEAVENWORTH, Kan. — The Army is preparing to embark on a program testing all active duty, National Guard and Reserve soldiers for how they handle stress.

Brig. Gen. Rhonda Cornum, head of the Army's comprehensive soldier fitness program, says all soldiers will get some training regardless of their scores on a confidential resiliency exam. The testing will begin in October.
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Mandatory stress tests to begin in October

Photo credit Susanne Kappler, Fort Jackson Leader
Brig. Gen. Rhonda Cornum, director of the Comprehensive Soldier Fitness program, discusses the program with Gen. George Casey, Army chief of staff, during their visit to Fort Jackson last week.

State of mind: Army to start mental fitness program
FORT JACKSON, S.C. -- The Army is looking to improve the resiliency of its Soldiers through a new program, which will be launched in October, said Gen. George Casey, Army chief of staff, during a visit to Fort Jackson July 30.

The Comprehensive Soldier Fitness program is designed to strengthen Soldiers emotionally, spiritually and socially, giving them the ability to cope with stress.

Casey emphasized that the Comprehensive Soldier Fitness program will be part of a Soldier's training from BCT through War College.

"This will be instituted so that at every level of Army school - officer and noncommissioned officer - there will be a different level of resilience training taught," he said.

Casey said that the demands during war time make it a necessity for the Army to teach its Soldiers adequate coping skills.

"The treadmill that we have been on as an Army for the last eight years ... is such that if we don't give Soldiers these skills, we're going to have increasing challenges," he said.
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