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Many deployments which causes high divorce rates, behavioral issues for their younger children that are left behind, extended family issues, financial issues. The list goes on and on. The father of my daughter (ex-husband) is on his 6th deployment since 2005.
Many deployments which causes high divorce rates, behavioral issues for their younger children that are left behind, extended family issues, financial issues. The list goes on and on. The father of my daughter (ex-husband) is on his 6th deployment since 2005.
I agree. My husband is on his 3rd since 2005 - two 12 month tours and one 15 month tour. That's a lot of time to be away from your spouse and children. Like another poster said, most of the time they already have a tentative date to go back before they even leave to come home from the current deployment.
A link in the article for documentation went to a NY Times Story that said
"Significantly, the report said that 79 percent of the soldiers who committed suicide had had only one deployment, or had not deployed at all."
While the vice chief of staff of the Army said he believed what you do, he also admitted there was no documented data to prove it.
Even if that is true, when they are left behind they are still supporting numerous units that are deployed which means long work hours, pressure to get equiment and supplies fixed and delivered. Being in the Army myself, I worked between 16-20 hours a day supporting Apache operations during other unit deployments. So even though some soldiers may not deploy at the time, they still feel the pressure of the numerous deployments. My ex husband who is scheduled to deploy in a month has been working 7 days a week, 18 hours a day to be rear detached support.
The constant deployments are one over here. People are gone ALL the time, not good for family life. Recruiting from the "less than educated" class has something to do with it too. Another thing is probably the crazy rules in theater. In Vietnam people had cookouts all the time, with beer, and hookers occasionally. Nowadays the deployed troop gets no beer, CONSTANT sexual assault briefings, don't ask don't tell repeal briefings, a year deployed where you cannot drink, eat normal food, wear regular clothes, call people by their first name, and quite frankly just plain get laid (or see your family) Furthermore, they treat you like you are a complete idiot, and don't let you think for yourself. (watch 10 minutes of AFN "commercials" and you are ready to take a header off the roof)
I think the main thing is no damn mission! What the hell are we still doing over here? 8 years in Iraq, not a damn thing has changed (I wish I could tell you stories right now) 10 years in Afghanistan, it still has no central government. Our troops have no objective, and it is nerve-racking!
. Suicides in military rise, even as combat lessens
This is a terrible time in history ! ! !
WASHINGTON (AP) — For U.S. troops, less combat is not translating to less stress.
Members of the military committed suicide at a record pace in 2012 — almost one per day
— and some experts think the trend will grow worse this year.
Pentagon figures obtained Monday by The Associated Press show 349 suicides
among active-duty troops last year, up from .....................
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Suicides in military rise, even as combat lessens
