Original title: The number of suicides in the US military is increasing year by year, and more soldiers die from mental health problems rather than from the new crown
According to the latest report from the Pentagon, in the second quarter of 2021, 60 active U.S. Army personnel died by suicide. The total number of active and reserve U.S. troops who died of suicide in the quarter was 139, which exceeds the number of U.S. troops who died from the new crown virus. 67 people.
According to a Fox News report on October 13, the Pentagon recently issued a report stating that in the second quarter of 2021, 60 active U.S. Army personnel died of suicide, compared with 41 in the previous year. Compared with the same period last year, the number of suicides in the U.S. armed forces has soared by about 46%. In addition, the total number of active and reserve U.S. troops who died of suicide in the second quarter of 2021 was 139, compared with 130 in the same period last year. It is reported that the number of U.S. soldiers who died of the new crown virus was only 67.
According to a report by the Russian Satellite News Agency on the 14th, according to standardized monitoring data released by the Pentagon in late September, 580 American soldiers committed suicide in 2020, compared with 504 in the previous year. In this regard, US Secretary of Defense Austin said, “The findings of the survey are disturbing. The suicide rate among American soldiers and their families is still too high, and the trend is not moving in the right direction.”
The “War Cost Project”, a collaboration between Brown University and Boston University, released a report this summer, stating that the number of American active-duty soldiers and veterans who participated in the late war triggered by 9/11 killed by suicide was four times the number of victims on the battlefield that year. . The report pointed out that “unless the US government and American society make major changes to the way it handles the mental health crisis of soldiers and veterans, the suicide rate of soldiers will continue to rise. This is an unacceptable price for war.”
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