Tuesday, February 26, 2019

How our soldiers are dying at home

Invisible wounds: How our soldiers are dying at home

According to the VA, 20 veterans who served take their own life every day.
ABC 7 News
Jeff Butera
February 25th 2019

FORT MYERS, Fla. - This month, Air Force senior leaders issued a memo, calling for a culture change in that military branch. They were concerned after 11 airmen and Air Force civilians committed suicide in just the first four weeks of 2019.

The numbers of suicides among active-duty members of the Army, Navy and Marines have also gone up recently or remained steady.

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