Chuck Norris pays tribute to Marine who suffered after serving his country.
Stars and Stripes reported in 2014 that roughly 22 veterans take their own life every day. That is a catastrophic tragedy by anyone’s estimation, especially considering that these precious souls once put their lives on the line for all of us. But alas, Washington is finally doing something to prevent America’s best from taking such acts of desperation.
The Clay Hunt Suicide Prevention for American Veterans Act, or SAV Act, was unanimously passed in the House of Representatives at the turn of the year. It was also unanimously passed in the Senate by a vote of 99-0 at the beginning of this month. It was then signed by President Obama last week.
According to the Washington Post, Marine Cpl. Clay Hunt survived a wrist wound from an enemy sniper in Iraq in 2007. After recovering, Hunt went to sniper school and then deployed with 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, to Afghanistan in 2008. He fought during the Afghanistan surge and saw many of his fellow marines and other Navy corpsman pay the ultimate price.
After leaving the Marine Corps, he battled deep post-traumatic stress and panic attacks. Nevertheless, he continued to serve as an advocate for other veteran and humanitarian causes in such places as Haiti in 2009 after the devastating earthquake.
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