Pentagon: 46% spike in suicide among U.S. Army’s active-duty forces in Q2 compared to same period last year pic.twitter.com/ukOxqNEjFO
— Lucas Tomlinson (@LucasFoxNews) October 13, 2021
* Suicides among active-duty members of the US Army are up by 46 percent this quarter compared to the same time last year, according to a Pentagon report
* In the second quarter of this year, 60 active-duty members of the Army took their own lives, compared to 41 in the second quarter of 2020
* In total, 139 military personnel both active and reserve who died by suicide in the Q2 of 2021 was 139 compared to 130 suicides in Q2 of 2020
* In comparison, 67 members of the military succumbed to COVID-19 since the pandemic began
* 'Suicide rates among our service members... are still too high, and the trends are not going in the right direction,' said Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin
* Last month, the military released data showing that suicides in the armed forces increased by 15 percent in 2020 - 580 service members took their own lives
Suicides among US Army active-duty soldiers were up by 46 percent last quarter compared to the same time in 2020, according to a new Pentagon report.
In the second quarter of this year, 60 active-duty members of the Army took their own lives, compared to 41 in the second quarter of 2020. The number of suicides was also up 41 percent among Navy personnel, from 12 in the second quarter of last year, to 17 in 2021.
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WNU Editor: These numbers are always shocking to me. And it appears that no one knows what needs to be done .... The active-duty Army is facing a record suicide rate. Leaders have no idea how to fix it (Task & Purpose).
More News On Suicides Among Active U.S. Army Personnel Skyrocketing
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Suicides in the U.S. Army's active-duty forces jumped 46-percent compared to last year: Pentagon -- FOX News
5 comments:
Afghanistan meant something important to those who fought there. I expect that the disgraceful manner of our abandonment has a lot to do with this trend.
The stresses caused by progressive ideologies forced upon the working class soldiers and sailors is directly responsible for this travesty. Our fighting men are being taught critical race theory and the white servicemen are realizing they are last in line for any promotions and accolades. I blame Obama, and Biden, for this.
I'm psychologically strong, I hate the idea of suicide, this is happening is a sign that psychologists are very weak
12:01- your spot on my friend
On a related topic many soldiers are being assaulted or sexual assaulted on Army bases.
A quarter of a century ago I worked on reporting all crimes against sailors at Commander Submarine Atlantic . It took 5 minutes to generate the report once all the feeds had been collected from subordinate units. Feeds can be automated, if they are not already are.
A congress person should ask General Milley and Sec Def Austin how many robberies, murders, assaults, batteries, rapes and sexual assaults happen to US service person CONUS and OCONUS.
The congress person should ask ahead of a committee meeting, so that Milley has no excuse not to provide the statistics. Specifically, Milley should be able to provide data on how many the assaults there are against US personnel involving unknown or unvetted Afghans brought over my Biden.
If Milley refuses to provide the data, he should be impeached and removed form office.
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