I hear that veteran suicides among the Iraq and Afghanistan veterans have reached very high numbers, somewhere over 18 suicides per month. It seems that the Pentagon and Veteran's Administration have changed the rules for getting help.
Apparently the emotional toll of combat for the combat veterans is a heavy matter to deal with. And, apparently, the emotional toll for non-combat veterans dealing with post-traumatic stress disorder is very high.
I can see how the non-combatant veterans would be stressed out beyond all imagination. At least in Vietnam we did not have to worry about hitting mines (so much) when traveling. Sure there were mines, but not nearly on the scale that today's veterans have encountered - women as well as men. The injuries that today's veterans have suffered are horrendous, too, creating heretofore unknown survival from terrible wounds.
More to follow.
Eddie Evans
Crime Scene Cleanup
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