American Military Suicides

[thelegend]

ABC Radio in Aust reporting ONE returned US Soldier per hour is committing suicide.....22 a day exactly.... this is horrid ! For God's sake Sepo's, DO Something!!!

[muythai2013]

This in not Americanmilitaryvisa its Thaivisa

[lomatopo]

Suicide Rate Among Vets and Active Duty Military Jumps - Now 22 A Day

A veteran protests the veteran suicide rate, which just jumped from 18 to 22 a day

Almost once an hour – every 65 minutes to be precise – a military veteran commits suicide, says a new investigation by the Department of Veterans Affairs. By far the most extensive study of veteran suicides ever conducted, the report, issued Friday, examined suicide data from 1999 to 2010.

The data was then compared with a previous investigation – primarily an estimation – that had been conducted over the same time period, and had found a suicide rate of 18 per day.

Many of these suicides involve older veterans; 69 percent of the suicides recorded were by veterans age 50 and older. But another way to look at this is that 31 percent of these suicides were by veterans 49 and younger. In other words,by men in the prime of life.

Active duty suicide figure for last year (2102) was 350.

http://theweek.com/article/index/244328/whats-behind-the-us-militarys-climbing-suicide-rate

http://www.forbes.com/sites/melaniehaiken/2013/02/05/22-the-number-of-veterans-who-now-commit-suicide-every-day/

[webfact]

please explain the Thailand relation and we will reopen this topic

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