Official: Soldiers Died by Suicide at Arizona-Mexico Border

[TomSea]

Official: Soldiers Died by Suicide at Arizona-Mexico Border
28 Jun 2019
The Associated Press

TUCSON, Ariz. — A medical examiner says two soldiers helping secure the Mexico border in Arizona died by suicide.

Pima County Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Greg Hess said Thursday the soldiers died of self-inflicted gunshot wounds.

Officials say 20-year-old Pfc. Steven Hodges of Menifee, California, died June 1 near Nogales, and 21-year-old Pfc. Kevin Christian of Haslet, Texas, died Sunday in Ajo, about 200 miles (320 kilometers) from Nogales.

Read more at: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/06/28/official-soldiers-died-suicide-arizona-mexico-border.html

So, they committed suicide but not together, they were separate it sounds like per the last paragraph above.  Tragic, no need for this I'd think.

[truth_seeker]

When I asked a younger person that served 12 years in the Air Force, how they compared to previous generations, she opined that today they are not as tough as those before them.