CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. (CLARKSVILLENOW) – SAFE is happy to announce that, as of August 1, 2017, Rev. McCullah will be turning over the leadership of SAFE to Lantz Smith. He is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) and combat veteran with experience serving both in the VA system and the DOD Warrior Transition Battalion after transitioning out. Smith brings clinical training and expertise, leadership experience, and a heart for the military families who are struggling with the aftereffects of continual war and deployments.
Smith found that he was able to provide to others the same insight and perspective that help him work through the issues that he had many years ago. “I found my service,” he says. “I am often reminded and motivated by the values instilled by the military, but never quite understood the true meaning until combat: ‘I will always place the mission first. I will never accept defeat. I will never quit. I will never leave a fallen comrade.’”
“I intend to exercise the same values as the incoming Executive Director of Soldiers and Families Embraced, not only because these are the core values that continue to guide my personal practice, but because they will continue to drive the Mission. We will never leave a Fallen Comrade, we didn’t leave them there and we won’t leave them here.”
SAFE is proud to welcome Smith to take the reins and help the program expand and provide even help to more military families in the Clarksville area. A transfer of leadership celebration is planned for August. After that, Rev. McCullah will continue to work with SAFE to secure funding and complete the infrastructure that will support expansion.
SAFE provides free counseling for anyone affected by war. For an appointment, call 931-591-3241. For more information or to donate, go to soldiersandfamiliesembraced.org.