Staff Sgt. Courtey Rush of Aledo couldn't forget

When will Congress take action and stop funding the programs that have not worked so that we may actually have a chance to save their lives?

Breaking the Silence about PTSD
WQAD News
November 13, 2012
by Chris Minor

There’s a different kind of war being waged by the military – against the record rate of suicides by our troops.

More than 185 men and women took their own lives this year while on active duty in the military.

Some people are trying to help.

Staff Sgt. Courtey Rush of Aledo, Illinois was a rising star in the Air Force – a crew chief who loved working on C-130s. In January, 10 months after her second deployment, Courtney was alone in her home off base in South Carolina when she shot and killed herself.

Courtney’s parents, Rick and Gail Rush, were blindsided by her death. She did not leave a note.

“Courtney wasn’t a heavy drinker, but her blood alcohol was .357 which is lethal in itself. I think at the very least, that is an effect of her military service,” Gail Rush said.

Her parents say they think Courtney may have been trying to forget one of her last assignments, overseeing the transportation of bodies and body parts of troops killed in action. They said Courtney cried over what the military calls “HR”, or human remains, missions.

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