1. New commander in chief at the same time military suicides double.
2. New rules of engagement for soldiers not allowing them to protect themselves.
3. Soldiers discharged for a few criticisms of O'Bummer on their Facebook.
4. Gays in the military (Gay community has an even higher suicide rate than general population or military.)
5. Longer tours of duty. (Older soldiers who have careers and families at home)
6. Inadequate care for soldiers with PTSD (Give them pills and push them out of the service.)
7. Cut military budget and don't give them the tools to do their job.
8. Have a president that sympathizes with the enemy and back stabs your efforts.
9. Soldiers who have legal problems from mental health issues are treated worse than detainees in Guantanamo.
Please continue this list. It's really sad what is happening. I beg all veterans to take an active part in turning this trend around. It's time to pull together and support our soldiers and our veterans.
And on top of that, if you are dishonorably discharged you can no longer own a gun in this country.
And this is just “Active Duty”. If you add the veterans who have been out less than two years the rate would skyrocket.
What if a soldier dies in Afghanistan, but it’s not reported by the media. Did he really die?
10. Incompetent admirals and generals.
Redeployed 3,4 times. That’s years of witnessing carnage.
Zer0 has the answer, cut manpower. /s
Bingo. You nailed it perfectly.