That is an excellent question. Also, it would be nice to compare the rates of similar allies, Canada, England, Australia.
I think the suicide rate is directly related to the "deployment tempo". The Army troops are here for a year or 2 and then gone on another one year tour.
One way to test my theory is to compare rates for Air Force and Marines. I believe the Air Force has the shortest average deployment time of about a quarter year. The Marines then follow with an average of about half a year. The Army still insists on their one year deployment.
Check to see if there is a statistically significant difference in suicide rates due to deployment while controlling for other common factors.
My sense is that the nation has burned it's military candle on both ends since bosnia followed by the campaigns in iraq/afghan and then the extended decade+ of nation building in both those nations.
The troops are burned out AND they've seen and experienced stuff normal to war.
wouldn’t say burned out.
We now have men and women who should not be in, many today are not strong enough but because of PC we allow them in.
Our country has grown weak, mamby pamby land lets say.
Get rid of PC, toughen guys up, toughen our sons up, .
19,000 rapes on men last year, that figures rose hugely since homosexuals can serve openly.
Also a vet comes back, people say thank you but as a vet we see those people say thanks and then off to their homnes, their jobs, their friends.
The vet looks around, , can;t get a job, has no where to go, his pals are still serving who understand him and he feels left alone
Also many killing themselves are not or ever been in combat.
It’s time we stopped letting people join who we know can;t handle it.
How many have been raped but have to live with that and can;t tell anyone?.
How many NCO’s and officers have made a move or made a remark to a young guy who has just joined?
wouldn’t say burned out.
We now have men and women who should not be in, many today are not strong enough but because of PC we allow them in.
Our country has grown weak, mamby pamby land lets say.
Get rid of PC, toughen guys up, toughen our sons up, .
19,000 rapes on men last year, that figures rose hugely since homosexuals can serve openly.
Also a vet comes back, people say thank you but as a vet we see those people say thanks and then off to their homnes, their jobs, their friends.
The vet looks around, , can;t get a job, has no where to go, his pals are still serving who understand him and he feels left alone
Also many killing themselves are not or ever been in combat.
It’s time we stopped letting people join who we know can;t handle it.
How many have been raped but have to live with that and can;t tell anyone?.
How many NCO’s and officers have made a move or made a remark to a young guy who has just joined?
stop this social changes and PC nonsense