FORT CARSON, Colo. -- Gen. Martin E. Dempsey visited the Fallen Heroes Family Center Sunday, marking his first tour of Fort Carson as the 37th chief of staff of the Army.
Dempsey praised the Survivor Outreach Services offered inside the Fallen Heroes Family Center, citing an admirable reputation across the Army. The top general highlighted “the Army Family” as one of his nine focus areas during a speech May 5 in northern Virginia.
“I wanted to see the center for myself and the services the center provides survivors,” said Dempsey, while speaking with SOS coordinators. He sat down with the facility’s workforce, as well as several grieving parents and spouses, for an open discussion.
“We know life is never the same,” said Dempsey, who was seated beside his wife, Deanie Dempsey.
“We admire you banding together because we really believe that’s what gets you through the day,” he said.
Dempsey talked about tough fights in the U.S. Central Command area of operations, such as vulnerable units at small outposts. Parents promptly clarified the hardships endured by losing a child to war.
A survivor said the Fallen Heroes Family Center presents “a safe place to discuss without judgment,” and then another called the recently-renovated, single-story building “a second home during the first years.”
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