I have written many times about the suicide rates within our military and veterans……
Suicides
…..and the news from 2020 is NOT at all encouraging even after the Pentagon has tried with a outreach program…..
The number of deaths by suicide among military service members increased alarmingly in the fourth quarter of 2020, according to the Defense Department’s latest quarterly report.
The military recorded 156 deaths by suicide among all services, including active-duty, National Guard and Reserve troops, from Oct. 1 to Dec. 31 last year. That is a 25% increase from the 125 such deaths that occurred in the last quarter of calendar year 2019.
The bulk of the increase came among Guard troops, who saw such deaths increase from 14 in the fourth quarter of 2019 to 39 in 2020. Deaths by suicide among reservists increased by seven, from 11 to 18, over the year. Suicide deaths among active-duty troops actually dropped slightly, from 100 to 99.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/04/05/military-deaths-suicide-jumped-25-end-of-2020.html
There is a problem and the Pentagon needs to spend more time working on the cause and solution than it does trying to build a better mouse trap for more war.
This news is unacceptable and pathetic.
The Pentagon is treating our troops like a tool that is broken….throw them away and get a new one to replace it.
Why does it seem that no one gives a sh*t about this rising problem?
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