Data released by the Pentagon shows the U.S. Army's active-duty forces are experiencing a spike in suicides

Greg P. | 8:19 AM on October 13, 2021

New data released by the Pentagon shows a “46% spike in suicide among U.S. Army’s active-duty forces in Q2 compared to same period last year.” From Fox News’s Lucas Tomlinson:

Pentagon: 46% spike in suicide among U.S. Army’s active-duty forces in Q2 compared to same period last year pic.twitter.com/ukOxqNEjFO

— Lucas Tomlinson (@LucasFoxNews) October 13, 2021

And “more soldiers in U.S. Army’s active-duty, National Guard and Reserve forces died of suicide in Q2 this year than entire U.S. military has died from the coronavirus since the start of the pandemic”:

More soldiers in U.S. Army’s active-duty, National Guard and Reserve forces died of suicide in Q2 this year than entire U.S. military has died from the coronavirus since the start of the pandemic, new Pentagon suicide report shows

— Lucas Tomlinson (@LucasFoxNews) October 13, 2021

This is a true “DEAR GOD” moment:

DEAR GOD. https://t.co/WE9zaAijat

— Pradheep J. Shanker (@Neoavatara) October 13, 2021

We need to have much more media coverage of this:

This is a crisis. And so sad. https://t.co/T3HJRFRgPr

— Bret Baier (@BretBaier) October 13, 2021

Republican Sean Parnell, who is running for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, vowed to make this a priority if elected:

The men & women who volunteer to serve this nation are our most precious resource.
They are the best of us.
In the Senate, tackling the crisis of veteran suicide will be a top priority for me.

We can’t allow this tragedy to continue any longer. https://t.co/XcMk3A1nvM

— Sean Parnell (@SeanParnellUSA) October 13, 2021