From the Trenches World Report
The most extensive study yet by the U.S. government on suicide among
military veterans shows more veterans are killing themselves than
previously thought, with 22 deaths a day – or one every 65 minutes, on
average.
The study released on Friday by the Department of Veterans Affairs
covered suicides from 1999 to 2010 and compared with a previous, less
precise VA estimate that there were roughly 18 veteran deaths a day in
the United States.
More than 69 percent of veteran suicides were among individuals aged 50 years or older, the VA reported.
This is a disgrace. Perpetual war is to blame.
Did you see the Afghanistan veteran's essay on "moral injury" in the Washington Post? http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-01-25/opinions/36539894_1_bomb-strikes-afghanistan-enemy-fire
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