Shocking Pentagon Study Found That More U.S. Soldiers Died by Suicide Than Combat from 2014 to 2019
A startling revelation has emerged from a recent Pentagon study, underscoring a severe crisis within the U.S. military. The report, conducted by the Defense Health Agency and covering the five-year period from 2014 to 2019, found that active-duty U.S. soldiers were nearly nine times more likely to die by suicide than from enemy fire. This period saw 883 suicide deaths among soldiers, making it the leading cause of death in the military, significantly outpacing the 96 combat deaths recorded during the same timeframe. The implications of these findings are profound and multifaceted. The study highlights the pressing need for enhanced mental health support and intervention strategies within the military. Suicide not only claimed more lives than combat but also surpassed deaths from accidents, which accounted for 814 fatalities, marking it as the second leading cause of death among soldiers. These statistics paint a grim picture of the mental health challenge...
