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Once upon a time, in 2009, a man went to selection. He passed and moved on to the ITC. The time was very stressful for both him and his family, there was intense pressure to succeed, challenges inherent to the school etc. He tripped on a tree root during selection and his knee was the size of a grapefruit and his shoulder was stiff and his arm immovable above his shoulder. But he kept pressing, keeping his eye on the prize and Motrin in the pockets of his pants. When he graduated from ITC, he was eager to throw his weight into his new role, new battalion. He went to school after school and training after training. His family watched and waited and iced his knee and somehow found a rhythm in this hectic new life. But the knee and the shoulder were a source of concern and so, one day she mentioned it. "You should really get that thing looked at" she said, almost absently, to the sink as she was washing dishes. "I don't have time" He said, staring at the tv, clicking through the channels. And on it went. The knee remained swollen and sore, the shoulder stiff and immovable. By the time he left on his first deployment he was hobbling like an old man and he couldn't hold his baby on his hip with his right arm. Something changed during the deployment. The battalion started talking about a new program with physical therapists and acupuncture and programs and training and all kinds of things that seemed as unreal and out of context in the military setting as issuing pink pajamas for PT gear. "Acupuncture? Is that a generic form of Motrin?" The wife listened at these meetings and she wrote the numbers down on a piece of paper and she met a man, who wore slacks and a polo who said he would help her husband. He assured her he could get her husband so he could be better AND he would be able to keep doing what he did. It made the wife nervous, but she put the numbers and names on the fridge and waited for her husband to come home. Maybe he would be cross with her for suggesting this idea, it seemed so weird and different. Maybe it was a trick and they would make him stop training and he would be mad at her for suggesting it. When he did come home, the knee was enormous and his arm hung stiff by his side, making his movements seem puppet like and strange. On the second day, as he lay on the couch icing the knee she brought him the piece of paper and sat down next to him. "You should go here. There's this guy, he's got all these things and people and programs and they can fix your knee and shoulder so you can not be in pain all the time" He was not as stubborn this time, he looked so tired. So he took the piece of paper. "I'll try it" he said. And he did. From the first day of being in the PERRES facility he came home happy, hopeful. Chattering about the people in there, the programs they gave him. "I didn't have to wait, I wasn't late for any of my training or meetings from being in there. It wasn't a hassle and they got me EVERYTHING!" He was so pleased, so relaxed and he wanted to go there. WANTED to be healthy and well. After 6 weeks the knee was doing better and the acupuncture had resolved the issue with his shoulder. He was able to be fitter and stronger than he had been for a long time. Sounds like a fairy story. Doesn't it? But it's the true story of many Marines at MARSOC in one way or another. The PERRES facility and the people who work hard to make it what it is, have changed the lives and wellbeing of not only service members of MARSOC, but their families as well. The strength and conditioning coaches don't only help people "work out". They develop the physical strategies to assist service members prepare for their workups and deployments. They aid in the rehabilitation and management of existing or new injuries. And most importantly, they are the foundation of trust in the rest of the Human Performance Program. It is because of the elite training and capabilities of our strength coaches that their recommendations of care are taken seriously. It is because of them and their work that we see far more individuals seeking care for their mental health than ever before. It is these individuals that are so important to us, that have been deemed unnecessary by congress and so, MARSOC alone has lost 6 of these essential individuals. Raising Raiders believes this is an unacceptable decision. We believe we need to identify to congress that reducing funding to these necessary programs, when they already know about our higher than conventional military suicide rate, when they have been advised by Admiral McRaven of the 'fraying of our force', is nothing more than a slap in the face of the families and service members of SOCOM. We have been actively calling and emailing the members of the Appropriations Committee to ask to speak to them about this issue and the lasting and negative effects their decision will have on the health of our families and service members. We invite you to join us. Go to our facebook page to find links and information about the politicians who were part of this decisions and have your voice heard.

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