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In the third installment of a four-part DoD News series, a sailor discusses the decisive moment that turned him back from the brink of suicide. After a crucial intervention, he began a slow road to recovery at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Md.

SAILOR'S SURVIVAL

In the third installment of a four-part DoD News series, a sailor discusses the decisive moment that turned him back from the brink of suicide. After a crucial intervention, he began a slow road to recovery at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Md.

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