CNN US Special Ops suicides triple in 2018, as military confronts the issue

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US Special Ops suicides triple in 2018, as military confronts the issue


By Barbara Starr

Updated 8:22 AM ET, Sat February 2, 2019

Washington (CNN)Suicides among active duty military personnel assigned to US Special Operations Command tripled in 2018, in a disturbing and as yet unexplained spike, CNN has learned.

Special Operations units saw 22 deaths by suicide in 2018, almost triple the eight cases seen in 2017, according to figures provided to CNN by the command.

SOCOM, as it's known, is the unified combatant command charged with overseeing the various Special Operations component of the Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force that take on counterterrorism and other specialized missions.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/02/politics/socom-military-suicide-spike-2018/index.html?no-st=1549370085

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US Special Ops suicides triple in 2018, as military confronts the issue


By Barbara Starr

Updated 8:22 AM ET, Sat February 2, 2019

Washington (CNN)Suicides among active duty military personnel assigned to US Special Operations Command tripled in 2018, in a disturbing and as yet unexplained spike, CNN has learned.

Special Operations units saw 22 deaths by suicide in 2018, almost triple the eight cases seen in 2017, according to figures provided to CNN by the command.

SOCOM, as it's known, is the unified combatant command charged with overseeing the various Special Operations component of the Army, Marine Corps, Navy and Air Force that take on counterterrorism and other specialized missions.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/02/politics/socom-military-suicide-spike-2018/index.html?no-st=1549370085

I spent almost 7 years serving in Special Operations in the US and Asia,and I honestly don't remember hearing of a single suicide the whole time.