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Combat and Operational Behavioral Health

health training programs, combat operational stress

mental health professionals to support and guide the

control doctrine, and other military publications will

successful management of suicide and homicide risk

contribute to a wealth of resources available to military

in the active duty population.

Acknowledgment

The authors would like to express their sincere thanks to Colonel Sally Harvey for developing an earlier

version of the example unit watch forms used in this paper. These forms have been modified and utilized

in two major conflicts, Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom; in peacekeeping opera-

tions in the Balkans; and in garrison settings throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia.

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