PSA for Captain Toti's ministry for active duty, reservists, and veterans, "No Greater Love"

The Unauthorized History of the Pacific War

Captain William Toti, USN

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🗓️ 16 November 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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A few months ago, Captain Toti began a Christian ministry for active duty, reservists, and veterans locally in Brevard County, Florida. He started this ministry because he saw a need in the local veteran community. It meets every Monday night at the Church at Viera in Viera, Florida. Interested active duty, reservists, veterans, and their spouses can register at https://churchatviera.com/military. Bill authored "From CO to CEO: A Practical Guide for Transitioning from Military to Industry Leadership"

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0:00.0	Hey folks, this is Captain Bill Tody, and I'm coming to you today in this public service announcement
0:06.8	on a matter only tangentially related to the unauthorized history of the Pacific War podcast.
0:14.5	You know, Seth and I love doing this podcast. We love telling stories of great World War II heroes, American and allies. And as I
0:25.0	record this in mid-November, 2024, we actually see no end in sight. We plan on continuing
0:32.3	this podcast for the foreseeable future. But what I want to talk to you about today is even more important than
0:39.6	that. While neither of us make our faith a topic of a conversation in the podcast, Seth is a Catholic,
0:46.0	and I'm an evangelical, I wanted to reach out to make a few points related to the state of affairs
0:53.0	for veterans across America. You see, I woke up this
0:57.4	morning to an article that says that veteran suicides were up again in 2023. So I has moved to put
1:06.1	this PSA together today. I think I've spoken to you about this before, but I got pulled into veterans
1:13.0	issues while I was very much consumed by my own active duty service while I was still captain of my
1:20.7	submarine USS Indianapolis. In 1998, veterans of the World War II Cruiser, Indianapolis pulled me into their effort to exonerate their captain Charles Butler McVey, who took his own life in 1968.
1:37.6	Now, I did a separate podcast episode on Captain McVeigh a couple of months ago.
1:47.0	But what I was working on with those World War II heroes, I heard horror stories from many of their families about how their veteran family member
1:53.6	returned from the war, tried to put his experience out of his mind, then suffered in silence.
2:02.6	Many, perhaps most, suffered from PTSD, but there was essentially no treatment available
2:09.0	to them.
2:10.6	Many turned to alcohol, with some eventually drinking themselves to death.
2:15.9	Seth and I have already talked about that tragedy a few times already.
2:21.5	You would think that things would be better in 2024, but after 20 years of war in Iraq and
2:27.8	Afghanistan, they're not.
2:30.0	Veterans still suffer from severe physical and emotional problems.
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