Na John LaForge
Pono nā mea hana koa pūʻali koa e like me Hansel lāua ʻo Gretel me ka "ʻenehana hewa", e hoʻopiʻi ana i nā keiki e ʻai ai iā lākou. Me ka hana ʻinoʻino, nā kaua kīnā ʻole o ka noho ʻana, nā mea hōʻeha, ka trauma utukale, nā maʻi mau loa a me kahi hōʻeha ʻana o nā mea hoʻomohala, he aha nā mea a lākou e kūʻai aku nei i kēia mau lā e like me ka hōʻike pōʻino weliweli.
Me ka manawa e hoʻouna ʻia i loko o quagmires ma Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Suria, Yemen, Somalia, etc. a i ka lima ʻē aʻe, ka loaʻa ʻana o ka moe kolohe i kēlā me kēia ʻaoʻao a me ka hoʻowalewale e pepehi ʻia ana i waena o nā wīwī a pau loa. komo kekahi ma ka puka. Pono nā Newbies e heluhelu i nā paʻi; nā hui lawelawe ʻehā āpau i ʻelima a ʻelima o nā ʻeono i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e hoʻokau i ko lākou mau hōʻemi ma 2014, e like me ka Pentagon.
Akā a ʻĀina ʻo Veterans Affairs no ke aʻo ʻana hoʻopuka iā Feb. 1, loaʻa ʻo 2013 i nā mea manuʻai e pepehi iā lākou iho ma ka helu o 22 i ka lā. Ma hope o ke kamaʻilio ʻana me Adm. Jonathan Greenert, ke Aliʻi o nā ʻĀina Naval Operations, ʻO nā hōkū a me nā Stripes kēia lohi Dec. 15: "ʻAʻole i hāʻule ka mea i make i ka radar, ʻoiai ua pili ka manaʻo nui i ka hoʻouka ʻana i ka hana kolohe." ʻO Gen. Ray Odierno, ka luna o nā pūʻali koa. haʻi akulaʻo ia i ka Post Washington I ka Poʻokela 7 i hala aku nei, "ʻAʻole wau i manaʻo ua pā mākou i ka luna ma luna o nā mea hoʻomau."
I waena o nā lālā o ka Pūʻai a me ka Puʻāina Kākoʻo, piʻi nā suicides i ʻewalu keneta ma waena o 2012 a me 2013. Mai ʻo 2001, ʻoi aku ka pūʻali koa ikaika ʻo US e pepehi iā lākou iho ma mua o ka make ma Afghanistan, i ʻōlelo ka Washington Post. Ma ʻApelila i hala aku nei, ua hōʻike ʻia ka AP i nā mea hoʻomake ma ka pūʻali koa lehulehu o ka pūʻali koa ma 2013 "ua ʻoi aku ka nui o ka nui o nā koa koa hana i hana i ko lākou mau ola, e like me ka pūʻali koa."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Stars a ʻo Stripes, ʻoi loa ka helu o ka pepehi ʻana ma waena o nā Marines a me nā koa, me ka poʻe ma ka hana koʻikoʻi e pili ana i ka make ʻana o ka 23 no nā lālā lawelawe 100,000 ma 2013, hoʻohālikelike ʻia me 12.5 suicides per 100,000 ma ka lehulehu o ka US ma 2012¾as i helu ʻia e nā Center no ʻO nā kāohi. Ua hoʻonui pū ʻia ka helu hoʻomakeke i waena o nā lawaiʻa i kēia makahiki, ua loaʻa ka CDC.
ʻOiai inā ʻaʻole ʻoe i ʻike i ke kaua
An Palapala pūʻali koa kokoke i kahi miliona miliona i paʻi ʻia ma ka Pōʻakolu i hōʻike ʻia ʻaʻole wale nō e hoʻopaʻapaʻa i waena o nā poʻe koa i lawe aku i Iraq a i Afghanistan ʻoi aku ma mua o ka pālua ma waena o 2004 a me 2009, akā ʻo ka helu no ka poʻe i lilo ʻole i mau manawa i loko o nā kahua kaua i aneane e like me nā makahiki ʻelima. ʻOiai e manaʻo nui ana ka poʻe nui o ka pepehi ʻana i ka pūʻali koa e haʻalele i hope o ka lawe ʻia ʻana i Iraq a ʻo Afghanistan i hōʻoki ʻia, ʻaʻole i hiki ʻia, i loaʻa i ka Washington Post.
Ke māhuahua mau nei ka make a me ka ulu ʻana
I kēia manawa, ua hoʻolaha ʻia ka "ʻoi nui o ka manaʻo e kuhi i ka hana kolohe." Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia kahi hōʻike 1,100-ʻaoʻao Pentagon i ka lā Dec. 4 ua ʻike i ka hōʻike ʻana i ka hewa no ka hōʻeuʻeu koa ma ka pūʻali koa he ʻewalu mau pakeneka ma 2014, a ʻo Senatoa Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) i pane aku ai i ka nūhou, na ke kaulahao o ke kauoha. ”Ua kaua ʻo Seno Gillibrand e kāpae i ka ʻae ʻana i nā hihia kīhai i ka hihia kolohe mai nā luna.
Ke kīloi nei i nā ʻike e like me ka maikaʻi o nā lono o ka pepehi ʻana, Sec. ʻO ka pale ʻana a Chuck Hagel i pilikia ma ka loaʻa ʻana o nā ʻōlelo. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, "Ma hope o ka piʻi ʻana o ka 50 ka nui o ka piʻi ʻana o ka nui o nā hōʻike i ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana i ka moe kolohe, ua hoʻomau ka piʻi. ʻO ka lono maikaʻi loa kēlā. "Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-MO, ua hōʻike nā hopena i ka" holomua nui, "akā ua hōʻoia ʻia," E hana ʻia kā mākou hana i ka hana ʻana i ka hoʻopaʻi i ka poʻe i hoʻopihapiha. "
Ua ʻike ʻia ka haʻawina ʻo 62 ka pakeneka o nā wahine i mea e ola ai lākou, ʻo ka hapa nui mai nā hoa hana koa a i ʻole nā hoa ʻē aʻe. Ua haʻi ʻo Anu Bhagwati, he Kāpena Kelemanʻi mua a he luna alakaʻi o ka Service Women Action Network, i haʻi aku i ka New York Times, "ʻO [T] he kūlana i loko o ka pūʻali koa he mea pōʻino loa ia no nā mea hoʻopiʻi hewa." Ua kākau ʻo SWAN.org, " Kahi moʻomeheu o ka pāpā ʻana, ka hemahema o ke kuleana nui, a me nā climates kauoha a me nā mea ʻino e pili ana i ka pūʻali koa o ka ʻAmelika ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, e pale ana i nā mea ola mai ka hōʻike ʻana i nā hanana a me nā mea hoʻokauwale.
Hoʻokahi hiʻohiʻona ʻo ka mālama māmā i hāʻawi ʻia iā Brig. ʻO Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair i ka mahina o Iune ma hope o kona hoʻopiʻi hewa ʻana i ka lawehala a me ka moekolohe. E like me ka hapa nui o nā hihia hoʻomāinoino, ua lilo nā loio o Sinclair i mau mahina e hoʻopaʻi, hana hou a pepehi i ka hoʻopiʻi ʻana i ka mana o ka mea e hoʻopiʻi ana, he luna koa Hoʻokahi. Ua hoʻopaʻi ʻia ʻo Sinclair no ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka pae helu piha, nā pōmaikaʻi piha o ka uku hoʻomaha a me ka uku ʻo $ 20,000, ʻoiai ʻo ia ka hoʻopaʻi i kahi ola ola a hoʻopaʻa inoa hoʻi he lawehala. Ua ʻōlelo ke kāpena e ʻōlelo aku ana ʻo Sinclair e pepehi iā ia inā ua hōʻike ʻo ia i ko lākou pilina.
No ke kōkua e pili ana i ka hoʻoweliweli ʻana i ka moekolohe a i ʻole ka hana kolohe i ka pūʻali koa, e hoʻopili iā Protect Our Defenders mainfo@protectourdefenders.com>; ka SWAN, ma 646-569-5200; a i ʻole ka Huaʻelima pilikia o ka Veteran, ma 1-800-273-8255. ^ E Ha yM. No ke kōkua e pili ana i ka hoʻopōʻino a hōʻino paha iā lākou ke kelepona ʻana i ka National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, at 1-800-273-8255.
- Hana ʻo John LaForge no Nukewatch, kahi hui kiaʻi nukelea ma Wisconsin, hoʻoponopono i kāna nūpepa Quarterly, a hana syndicated ʻia e AlohaKai.
