Well this is why the troops need to come home.. This number is outrageous.
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The wars must end.
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18 Vets Kill Themselves Each Day - Stop the War
3 durable postsStarted 2010-04-23Latest 2010-04-24
Re: 18 Vets Kill Themselves Each Day - Stop the War
Sounds like we need to have a War on Suicide. (a.k.a. GWOS)
Re: 18 Vets Kill Themselves Each Day - Stop the War
It is really a very sad statistic. My uncle was a career Marine up until a few years ago when he unfortunately became a part of this group. He'd spent his entire adult life in the military, was injured in Iraq and retired. All indications are that after all of those years of being a soldier, not being actively involved in the military caused him to lose his sense of purpose, and he kind of lost his way and fell in to a funk.
I'm sure these vets all have their own reasons for making that terrible choice, but it's just really, really sad. We need to do a better job of supporting these brave men and women when they return from service.