Army Suicides Up 80 Percent Since Invasion of Iraq

[green73]

The number of suicides in the U.S. Army rose by 80 percent after the United States launched the war on Iraq, according to an analysis published in the British journal Injury Prevention by American military doctors.

http://news.antiwar.com/2012/03/08/army-suicides-up-80-percent-since-invasion-of-iraq/

[oyarde]

There are no records , though for WW1 , WW11 , Korea or Nam.

[lester1/2jr]

oyarde- what's your point?

[oyarde]

oyarde- what's your point? I doubt it is much different now than other time periods where people were exposed to like amount of time in danger .

[donnay]

This is very sad news. I support our troops all the way, we need to bring them ALL HOME!!!

[Johnny Appleseed]

thats just what they want....disposable soldiers...you think they want all those guys with combat experience running around lose...

[Pericles]

thats just what they want....disposable soldiers...you think they want all those guys with combat experience running around lose...

Too late - they are running around loose, and getting ready for what is going to happen next.

[JK/SEA]

Too late - they are running around loose, and getting ready for what is going to happen next.

I agree with this. I know a few.

[qh4dotcom]

I wish they would have the courage to give the government the finger and join the liberty movement instead of going the suicide route.

[enhanced_deficit]

Veteran rides 422 miles for suicide awareness (http://www.wgrz.com/news/local/veteran-rides-422-miles-for-suicide-awareness/452057027)

Elizabeth Fuhrmann
June 25, 2017


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NORTH TONAWANDA, N.Y.-- Western New York was celebrating the return of U.S. Army Sergeant Joshua Geartz of North Tonawanda Sunday evening.
Sergeant Geartz rode his wheelchair 422 miles across the state to raise awareness for veteran suicides. Twenty-two is commonly known as the number of suicides that military members commit every day.
Geartz was hit by an IED on his last day in Baghdad back in 2003, where he suffered a traumatic brain injury, blood clots and PTSD once he returned home.
He tried to take his own life in 2014.
Geartz is now trying to use his own experiences to help others. This is how he described living with PTSD and dealing with the after-effects of service life: "You're not yourself. You're just... you're not there. You're a zombie, there's just no emotion, and that adds into it, making you feel like, 'Well, what's wrong with me? Well, why aren't I feeling anything? Why don't I care about anything?'"

[Todd]

It's called multiple deployments into war zones. In Vietnam you had one and you were out. Multiple only if you were a lifer or volunteered. Today the entire system of Active duty and reserves components are on a rotation, with far less person's in the military. It weighs on the psyche....