Ft Campbell has the 101st Airborne(Air Assault) Division, the 160th Spec Ops Aviation Regiment, and the 5th Special Forces Group.
I’d be interested in the number of those suicides correlated to relationships falling apart in the high optempo environment. Despite that, why would it affect Ft Campbell more than any other highly deployed installation?
good question.
Could be the local battalion commanders are having the troops constantly in the field when they are home.
We had one at Campbell who had us in Campbell’s back 40 6 months out of the year whether we needed it or not.
Without knowing which units the suicide victims come from it’s a little difficult to know for sure. One clue is that Ft. Campbell is home to the 5th Special Forces Group (Green Berets). They are oriented toward Southwest Asia & the Middle East. The 5th SFG deployment schedule must be insane because their linguistic skills (among others) are in so much demand.
Other Special Forces Groups can & do help, but if they haven’t studied the culture & language of the area they can’t be as effective.
Just throwing that out there for others to comment.
The Left has pulled the rug out from under our soldiers feet. There is great sacrifice for a soldier to serve in a war and when your President is running around appologizing to everyone for the war, that has got to be a real mental mess for a soldier! Why would you fight, sacrifice, kill for a war your country’s leader says was wrong! Also the radicals going after Bush for war crimes...that really has to make a soldier feel wobbly inside.
They thought they were fighting to protect the country from terrorism. Now Obama says terrorism is not a problem and was never a problem and liberals say their leaders committed war crimes in the effort to defeat the enemy.
“Despite that, why would it affect Ft Campbell more than any other highly deployed installation?”
Leadership or lack there of.
What are your thoughts on a stand down in this situation? My gut tells me that folks suffering from depression are better off keeping busy than “standing down”.