Honor Courage Commitment Analysis

The Honor Courage Commitment Inc. began in 2011 after the shocking statistic of 22 lives a day on average being taken by suicide according to the Department of Veteran Affairs. Honor Courage Commitment was formed by Andy Nguyen, a marine veteran, who wanted to promote and encourage steady life after service. “#22KILL was a platform to raise awareness not just towards veteran suicide, but also to the mental health issues that can lead to suicide. These issues stem primarily from conditions such as PTS and TBI, and struggles of transitioning out of the military” (Kosloski, 2016). In July 2015, 22Kill officially became its own non-profit organization still working very closely alongside Honor Courage Commitment Inc. One of the parts of this global campaign is the honor ring. The black rings are worn on the index finger as a silent salute to all who have served and to show a symbol of respect and togetherness. The second part of the campaign that I will specifically focus on for this assignment is the recent …show more content…
The challenge really hit the ground running this past summer. A recent article I found on the Military Times website talked about the challenge starting this past April by paratrooper Sgt. Gabe Gonzalez. He wanted to start something to bring awareness to the epidemic so he took a video of him doing 22 push-ups and posted in on Instagram. “Gonzalez found something that he could do. It wouldn’t bring his friends back, but it might just help in a small way to turn the tide of what some experts call an epidemic of veteran suicides” (Anderson, 2016). Each day after the initial post Gonzalez kept tagging friends and asking them to participate. As the challenge grew it starting evolving to 22 push-ups for 22 days. Other articles that I have been finding are not clear as to where the challenge started and who the actual initiator