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Vets sucide

Discussion in 'Vets and Friends' started by Salty, Jul 8, 2023.

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  1. Salty

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    #1 Salty, Jul 8, 2023
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    This always concerns me… especially for the rate of people needlessly dying in the Army… why the army branch?
     
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    The numbers reported were actual numbers (not percentages). The Army is the largest branch. Looks like the USMC would have the greatest percent of suicides based on the numbers.
     
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    Something like 8000 lives have been lost to combat since 9-11, but more than 30,000 military lives have been lost to suicide.

    Does all the disinformation proclaimed by the godless left, saying over and over America is a rotten country not worth sacrifice, have any part of the problem?
     
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    Ten Divorced dads commit suicide every day :Frown

    I wonder how many of those ten are also vets.

    I remember when we went to Ft Irwin for 7 weeks of desert training;
    after we returned at least a couple of the wife's went home to their mothers. - The military has many separations........
     
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    Sad. My youngest SIL did two tours in Iraq, one in Afghanistan with the 173rd Airborne. Two of his close comrades committed suicide and one in prison for manslaughter, he himself had PTSD, bad, but we finally got him over that, church going family man now. Thank you, Lord.
     
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    I got to Germany, my wife came a month later. Then 2 months later I was deployed for a year. It is rough on military families, and I'm sure this plays into it. And a lot of adjusting (coming back after a year, when you get out, etc.).
     
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    Absolutely!
     
    #8 Earth Wind and Fire, Jul 10, 2023
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    When looking for root cause, one question investigators ask is why now and not before? Marital separation has been part of military life for a long time, but there seems to have been an uptick in the suicide rate since 9-11.

    The overall suicide rate for veterans is 1.5 times as much as the rate for civilians. Among post-Sept. 11 veterans between 18-years-old and 35-years-old, the rate is 2.5 times that of all civilians, the report found, and double that of civilians the same age.​
     
    #9 Van, Jul 10, 2023
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