Craig Hanna:  

bat Stress Control. During my assigment to Ft Lewis, I supported the Inpatient Psychiatric unit at Madigan Army Medical Center (5 North) and the outpatient clinic by teaching Stress Management and Suicide Prevention Courses, while providing one-to-one peer counseling. Reassigned overseas to Germany: Sept 95-Dec 97 Wiesbaden Air Base just 15 miles west of Frankfurt. Once again I had to wait while other members where scheduled to arrive. Meanwhile I was assigned to the 212th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital (MASH) then to the newly created unit, 254th Medical Detachment (CSC) Combat Stress Control Unit. As before, our unit focus was to provide intervention to overstressed soldiers, stress management classes and to teach unit commands and peers to identify signs of possible suicide attempts. During my assignment to Germany, we received orders on Dec 26, 95 to deploy within 24 hrs under NATO Peacekeeping Mission to Bosnia. Our 6 member team deployed to help those with the initial shock of a war torn country, devastation and the possible danager from the locals. I remember leaving RheinMain Air Force Base, Frankfurt Germany without a snow flake in the sky and loaded our equipment and landed at the staging base in Hungary with 18" of snow. Reality sunk in real quick. Of the 6 member team, Shanna and I were the last to return after spending 300 days under NATO. Something our current troops in Iraq will endure. But thankfully, the 113th Combat Stress Control Unit is currently deployed in Iraq/Kuwait providing counseling to our Armed Forces. My tour to Germany / Bosnia will be something I will remember for a lifetime. Before returning to the US, I spent 2 1/2 weeks travelling around Europe. During this time I was able to visit: Greece, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, France, Belgium, The Netherlands, and the small country of Luxemburg. I pray for our current deployed members and families that they return home to their families. God Bless the USA