Active duty deaths since 1981

[feddoc]

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[wweaver79]

This is no surprise, the percentage of suicides as cause of death will continue to climb unless there is another war we are involved in, with non special ops anyway.

 

[Tristate]

Suicide rates are rising for everyone.

 

[joesikora]

China has done a great job filling our country with drugs and Biden is compromised which has caused him to do nothing. If Trump gets elected again the Left will continue with fraudulent law suits to keep him from doing the job the people want done. The Right needs not to continue with the silent majority way of thinking

 

[Bluehair]

And what is it about the job do you think is to blame for the increased suicide rate for Vets? Is it mostly PTSD? Serious question, not a troll.

For some I imagine it could be the mission and not the job.

 

[eelgrass]

It started with the Vietnam war, and I truly thought we learned our lesson. Then after 911 it's been one "political non winnable war" after another. America is damned good at making a warrior out of a citizen but damned poor at making a citizen out of a warrior.

 

[Bluehair]

Is it as simple as reform of the VA?

 

[Tristate]

Is it as simple as reform of the VA?

Doubtful. Like I said, suicide rates are increasing rapidly amongst all people not just veterans so the solution probably isn't just attached to veterans.

 

[eelgrass]

Is it as simple as reform of the VA?

The military is eager to put their people into 6 weeks of basic training. They should be just as eager to have a required 6 week deprograming class when they get out.

This is more of a question than a statement. What's going on now isn't working.