More Than
30,000 US Veterans , of Post-9/11 Wars , Have Died by
Suicide Since 2001.
New research by the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at
Brown University was released on June 21. .
It revealed that there have been
over 30,000 suicides by American soldiers
and veterans since 2001.
That is more than
four times the number of those killed
in post-9/11 combat operations.
7,057 members of the U.S. military
have been killed in combat since 2001. .
According to Brown University’s Costs of War Project,
an estimated 30,177 veterans and service members
have killed themselves over the last twenty years.
Activist Post reports that the findings
were compiled from interviews,
government data and secondary literature.
The VA 2020 National Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual Report revealed the suicide rate of veterans
to be 1.5 times higher than the general population. .
This rate is likely a conservative
one because, unlike earlier reports,
the V.A. only counts veterans who
were federally activated, leaving out
Reservists and National Guardsmen
who were not federally activated, Costs of War Project Report, Brown University,
via Activist Post.
Between 2011 and 2020, an estimated
1,193 National Guard members and
1,607 Reservists have died by suicide.
Data is not available for
the first decade after 9/11.
The report found that
since 2001, 5,116 active duty
service members have died by suicide.
As we come closer to the
twentieth anniversary of the
September 11th attacks, we must
reflect on the mental health cost
of the Global War on Terror, Costs of War Project Report, Brown University,
via Activist Post.
The human cost for our veterans and
service members far outweighs even
the most crippling financial costs we
have endured to send them to war, Costs of War Project Report, Brown University,
via Activist Post