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Originally Posted by directfiesta
That also is an OPINION, I presume ....
So you are saying that WW2, Vietnam vets are committing suicide in 2005 ?
Yesterday, on RDI, ther was a docu on the casualties of the US war in Iraq.... One interesting item was that the only people that really cared and showed up to funerals were Patriot Riders. To see those bikers escort a fallen soldiers to his last rest was pretty touching ... Those guys are for real , not the clowns in the WH and Pentagon .... |
Read the fucking report where they got their stats from.
1995 - 2005 a ten year study !
I did over 20 years in the military and we studied this pretty hard and one of the reasons veterans kill themselves at a higher percentage then the population is because they lose their sense of purpose.
A young guy has great responsibility after they get a few stripes and then when they get out some of them find it hard to find a meaning to life in the civilian world.
Another age group that off themselves at a higher rate are senior enlisted and officers who retire. They had this huge responsibility for many years and then poof it's gone and they lose their reason for living.