#KeepersCall

Right now, at this very moment, as you sit and read this, there is a Veteran that is contemplating taking his or her own life. For whatever reason, the demons that they face are winning. They feel that their only option to ease their pain is to end it all. Nowhere to turn, nowhere to go. They went. They fought. They returned. Now, although they may appear to be all in one piece due to the lack of visible physical scars, they fight a battle that is unseen. They wage a war against an enemy that continues to seemingly always have the upperhand. They suffer from guilt. They suffer from shame. They suffer from flashbacks. They suffer from sleepless nights. In the end, they suffer.

The cold hard facts are simple, folks. Our Veterans are killing themselves. Our nation's heroes are killing themselves. To the tune of 22 each day. These heroes that raised their right hand in a VOLUNTARY fashion to protect and defend us are killing themselves. We can change that statistic with the simplest of actions. It doesn’t involve donating money, it doesn’t involve any sort of physical pain or discomfort, and it doesn’t involve anything other than a simple act. It's called the “Brother’s Keeper Initiative”, and it works.

OATH, with the help of some very good friends and supporters, is challenging you. We are challenging you to joinour “Brother’s Keeper Initiative” and the various other underlying facets. One of these facets is the “Keeper’s Call Movement”. As part of the OATH #BrothersKeeper Initiative, we boldly proclaim “I Am My Brother’s Keeper”. You are saying to yourself, to our Veterans and to the world that you will not accept the status quo any longer. You will make every effort to break the trend that is plaguing us as we see story after story of these fine men and women taking their own lives. By embracing the #KeepersCall Movement, which falls under the #BrothersKeeper Initiative, you are taking the first step in going on the offensive to take our heroes back.

They are being pulled in a direction that can and will lead to destruction, and we’re tired of it. We’re taking our heroes back. The “Keeper’s Call Movement” will be only one facet of this “Brother’s Keeper Initiative”, but it’s a facet that can and will have an immediate impact on our nation’s heroes. Pick up the phone. Call a Veteran. Arrange a lunch. Plan a hunting trip. Plan a camping trip. Tell them you care. Show them they matter. We all know a Veteran. If we don’t know a Veteran, I bet we know a friend that knows a Veteran. Get a Veteran’s contact information from a friend. Make an effort to show these guys and gals that they are a priority. Let's take our heroes back !!!