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Operation Immersion

Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 2:00 PM - Friday, November 6, 2009 at 4:00 PM (CT)

Smyrna, TN

Operation Immersion

Ticket Information

Type End     Quantity
Female Barracks Ended Free  
Male Barracks Ended Free  
No Barracks Ended Free  
One Day (Nov.6th only) Ended Free  

Event Details

 

OPERATION IMMERSION

A military immersion training for

behavioral health providers

Uncle Sam I want you Poster

 

November 5 and 6th, 2009

  

 1 ½ day military immersion training

 

Offered by:

 

TDMHDD-Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Services

 Commisioner  Virginia Trotter Betts, MSN, JD, RN, FAAN

 

Tennessee National Guard

Major General Gus L. Hargett, Jr

 

Tennessee Veteran’s

Task Force

 

Registration Deadline

 November 2, 2009

 

 

They have served our Country … Now it is our time to serve them.

 

The stigma of seeking assistance for mental health or substance abuse issues continues to be a barrier to soldiers accessing care.  Soldiers worry about career impact and believe professionals outside the military do not understand the experience of being a soldier.

 

To remove barriers and ease soldier apprehension to get help, the Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Developmental Disabilities has partnered with the Tennessee National Guard and the Tennessee Veteran’s Task Force to present a comprehensive 1 ½ day training in military culture and issues unique to Tennessee National Guard Service Members and their families who have served in the combat theatre and experienced one or multiple deployments.

 

This training immerses attendees in aspects of military culture and the deployment experience. Attendees can spend the night in the barracks, go through a modified early morning Physical Training (“PT”), chores and inspection, tour a C-130 and Black Hawk Helicopter, and eat a Meal Ready to Eat (MRE).

 

Attendees will hear briefings from Tennessee National Guard Officers and expert professionals on Suicide Prevention, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Traumatic Brain Injury, P-FLASH -a front line mental health training program, Serious Physical Injury, and Substance Abuse Disorders and aspects regarding the same that are unique to soldiers and their families.

 

Four Tennessee National Guardsmen will share their personal stories of deployment.

 

NOVEMBER 5 and 6th, 2009

 

Tennessee National Guard Training Center

B Street

Smyrna, TN

The cost of the training is free- cost of meals are the responsibility of the attendee

 

FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

http://operationimmersion.webs.com

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