USA Today (11/14, Brook , Mayes-Osterman ) reports, “The Army saw fewer suicides in recent months, a change in a trend that has long plagued the military.” A report that was “released by the Pentagon Thursday showed suicides rose throughout the military last year, before they began decreasing this year in the Army, which is the military’s largest branch.” The Army reported “the most suicides last year at 279, an increase of 25 from the prior year.” Meanwhile, “the Marine Corps recorded 71 suicides, the Navy recorded 78, the Air Force recorded 93, and the Space Force recorded two suicides.” Military officials “say numbers improved in 2024 because of an emphasis on safe storage of guns and drugs, and a renewed effort to limit stress in soldiers’ lives.”
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— “Military suicides still on the rise, but Army gets good news after recent surge,” Tom Vanden Brook and Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, November 14, 2024