Politics or People: What Does the Navy Value?
By Brent Ramsey
July 30, 2024
From Military.com:
“According to recently released Pentagon data on suicide across all the services, the Navy reported 24 suicides among its sailors for the first three months of 2024. That is the highest-ever quarterly figure for the service going back to 2018, when data first started being released.”
“The Navy reported a record number of suicides in the first quarter of 2024, again drawing attention to the myriad issues revealed about the quality of life for sailors and the service's ability to prevent such deaths.”
From Navy Times:
“Poor living conditions on ships in port is listed as a contributing cause of surging suicides in the Navy.”
According to Marine Corps Times on May 2, 2024 “Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy says an average of 800 sailors have to live on ships after deployment due to lack of barracks.” How is this tolerated in our Navy in 2024. It is disgraceful neglect of our most precious asset, our sailors!
The size of the Navy is continually shrinking but the number of suicides is going up. This begs the question about the quality of decision-making on things that affect sailor quality of life. This calls into question the Navy’s priorities. Are sailors important or is promoting political or social issues more important?
https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2024/07/30/politics_or_people_what_does_the_navy_value_1048069.html
