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Yoda to help Canadian troops overcome phantom menace of stress
Steven Chase, Globe & Mail, 10 Feb 09
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OTTAWA — The Canadian military is evoking the wisdom of the green, pint-sized Yoda character from Star Wars for a video it's creating to give soldiers returning from Afghanistan tips on coping with the psychological scars of combat zones.
The video production effort comes just months after the Canadian Forces ombudsman criticized the military for failing to meet the "operational stress" problems of soldiers.
Military brass have decided to offer soldiers do-it-yourself methods for soothing the mental ills of battle because "the stigma currently associated with operational stress prevents many people from consulting" professional help.
The production, being shot at Canadian Forces Base Valcartier, will ask soldiers to reach deep inside themselves to fight for their mental health.
"And once we have discovered that strength, we feel even stronger. Yoda was right: if you believe, you will achieve," the proposed script says.
One of Yoda's most famous scenes in the Star Wars movies features the Jedi master counselling hero Luke Skywalker to raise a spaceship from swampy waters using his mind.
Skywalker complains that he may be able to levitate rocks but can't lift his X-wing fighter. "Only different in your mind," Yoda tells him in his fractured English, and uses telekinesis to bring the ship out of the muck.
"I don't believe it," Skywalker says.
"That is why you fail," Yoda replies.
The video is intended to fill a gap in the post-deployment phase of soldiers' careers - the first two to four months back in Canada after a rotation in a theatre of operations. "Certain steps can be taken by Canadian Forces members themselves, their chain of command and their life partners before mental health counselling is sought," the military says in a contract tender for the video.
The production will feature different techniques for coping with feelings including "disidentification," which helps soldiers prevent emotions from overwhelming them.
"There is anger in me, but I am not that anger. I am more than that," a soldier says in the script.
In December, Forces ombudsman Mary McFadyen took the Defence Department to task for failing to implement more than half the recommendations for coping with operational stress that her predecessor made in 2002.
"It has also become evident that the Canadian Forces and ... members are strained almost to the breaking point," she said in her report.
Shared in accordance with the "fair dealing" provisions, Section 29, of the Copyright Act.
Yoda to help Canadian troops overcome phantom menace of stress
Steven Chase, Globe & Mail, 10 Feb 09
Article link
OTTAWA — The Canadian military is evoking the wisdom of the green, pint-sized Yoda character from Star Wars for a video it's creating to give soldiers returning from Afghanistan tips on coping with the psychological scars of combat zones.
The video production effort comes just months after the Canadian Forces ombudsman criticized the military for failing to meet the "operational stress" problems of soldiers.
Military brass have decided to offer soldiers do-it-yourself methods for soothing the mental ills of battle because "the stigma currently associated with operational stress prevents many people from consulting" professional help.
The production, being shot at Canadian Forces Base Valcartier, will ask soldiers to reach deep inside themselves to fight for their mental health.
"And once we have discovered that strength, we feel even stronger. Yoda was right: if you believe, you will achieve," the proposed script says.
One of Yoda's most famous scenes in the Star Wars movies features the Jedi master counselling hero Luke Skywalker to raise a spaceship from swampy waters using his mind.
Skywalker complains that he may be able to levitate rocks but can't lift his X-wing fighter. "Only different in your mind," Yoda tells him in his fractured English, and uses telekinesis to bring the ship out of the muck.
"I don't believe it," Skywalker says.
"That is why you fail," Yoda replies.
The video is intended to fill a gap in the post-deployment phase of soldiers' careers - the first two to four months back in Canada after a rotation in a theatre of operations. "Certain steps can be taken by Canadian Forces members themselves, their chain of command and their life partners before mental health counselling is sought," the military says in a contract tender for the video.
The production will feature different techniques for coping with feelings including "disidentification," which helps soldiers prevent emotions from overwhelming them.
"There is anger in me, but I am not that anger. I am more than that," a soldier says in the script.
In December, Forces ombudsman Mary McFadyen took the Defence Department to task for failing to implement more than half the recommendations for coping with operational stress that her predecessor made in 2002.
"It has also become evident that the Canadian Forces and ... members are strained almost to the breaking point," she said in her report.
