NEWSMAX: New data from the Department of Veterans Affairs shows the number of young male vets committing suicide jumped 44 percent from 2009 to 2011, or roughly two young men a day, reports say…
But while there was a slight decrease in suicides among older vets, the rate among male vets under 30 increased 44 percent — most of them just a few years out of the military.
“Their rates are astronomically high and climbing,” said Jan Kemp, the Veteran’s Affairs’ national mental health director for suicide prevention. “That’s concerning to us.” … (more)
EDITOR: They have had horrific experiences and, then when they are discharged, there are no jobs. What we have brought upon our youth and others with the Iraq and prolonged Afghanistan wars!
