Ndi John LaForge
Olemba ntchito yankhondo ayenera kumva ngati "mfiti woyipa" wa Hansel ndi Gretel, atopa ana kuti awadye. Ndi chiwawa chogonana, nkhondo zosawerengeka za anthu ogwira ntchito, kupha anthu, kuvulala kwamisala, kulumala kosatha komanso mliri wakudzipha, zomwe akugulitsa masiku ano zikuwoneka ngati chiwonetsero chowopsa.
Ndi mwayi wotumizidwa ku ma quagmires ku Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Syria, Yemen, Somalia, ndi zina., Mwayi wokhala wogwiridwira mzake¾ komanso zomwe amafuna kudzipha pakati pa vets onse a mikwingwirima yonse muyenera kudabwa momwe olemba mulowetse aliyense pakhomo. Newbies sayenera kukhala kuwerenga mapepala; ntchito zonse zinayi zogwira ntchito komanso zisanu mwa zisanu ndi chimodzi zotetezedwa zakwaniritsa zolinga zawo mu 2014, malinga ndi Pentagon.
Komabe a Kafukufuku wa Veterans Affairs anamasulidwa Feb. 1, 2013 adapeza anthu wamba akudzipha okha pamlingo wa 22 patsiku. Pambuyo poyankhulana ndi Adm. Jonathan Greenert, wamkulu wa Naval Operations, Nyenyezi ndi Mikwingwirima amapangidwa kusamvana uku Dec. 15: "Suicides sanatsikire radar, ngakhale atayang'ana kwambiri pakumenya mchitidwe wogwiririra." Akulu a bungwe la Army Ray Odierno, anauza Washington Post yomaliza Nov. 7, "Sindikuganiza kuti tabwera pamwamba mpaka pano podzipha."
Pakati pa mamembala a Reservation ndi National Guard, odzipha adakwera magawo asanu ndi atatu pakati pa 2012 ndi 2013. Kuyambira 2001, asitikali achangu aku US adzipha okha kuposa omwe aphedwa ku Afghanistan, Washington Post idatero. Mwezi wa Epulo watha, AP idati anthu omwe amadzipha ku Army National Guard and Reserve ku 2013 "adapitilira kuchuluka kwa asitikali odzipereka omwe adadzipha, malinga ndi Gulu lankhondo."
Nyenyezi ndi Stripes zati chiwerengero cha anthu odzipha pakati pa Marines ndi asirikali ndiwokwera kwambiri, pomwe omwe akuvutika pantchito akuvutika ndi kufa kwa 23 pa mamembala a 100,000 ku 2013, poyerekeza ndi odzipha 12.5 pa 100,000 yonse pagulu la US ku 2012¾as yowerengedwa ndi Centers for Kuteteza Matenda. Chiwopsezo chodzipha pakati pa oyendetsa sitima nawonso chakwera chaka chino, a CDC adapeza.
Ngakhale ngati simunawone kupambana
An Phunziro lankhondo Mwa asirikali pafupifupi miliyoni miliyoni omwe adasindikizidwa mwezi watha wa Marichi sanangonena kuti omwe amadzipha pakati pa asirikali omwe amapita ku Iraq kapena Afghanistan mochulukirapo koposa pakati pa 2004 ndi 2009, komanso kuti chiwopsezo kwa iwo omwe sanathere nthawi yayitali mzaka pafupifupi zisanu. Ngakhale ambiri amayembekeza kuti asirikali odzipha azitha kuchepa atasamutsidwa ku Iraq ndi Afghanistan, sizinachitike, Washington Post idapeza.
Kugwiriridwa kumakulirabe
Pakadali pano, "kuyang'ana kwambiri polimbana ndi nkhanza zakugonana" akuti kulephera kwakanthawi kochepa. Lipoti la 1,100 la tsamba la Pentagon lotulutsidwa Dec. 4 lapeza kuti malipoti a nkhanza zokhudzana ndi zankhondo akuwonjezeka ndi anthu asanu ndi atatu pa 2014, ndipo Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), adayankha uthengawu kuti, "Ndikuganiza kuti lipoti ili likulephera. Ndi lamulo lalamulo. ”Sen. Gillibrand adayesetsa kuthana ndi milandu kuzitetezo zokhudzana ndi kugonana kwa oyang'anira.
Kuthirira zomwe zapezedwa ngati kuti malipoti owonjezereka a anthu omwe amamenyedwa anali abwino, Sec. wa Defense Chuck Hagel anali ndi vuto kupeza mawuwo. Anatinso, "Pakatha chiwonetsero cha 50 chaka chathachi m'mbuyomu ziwonetsero zomwe zimachitidwa zachiwerewere, izi zikupitabe patsogolo. Izi ndi nkhani zabwino kwambiri. ”Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-MO, adati zotsatira zake" zikuyenda bwino kwambiri, "koma adavomera," Tidakali ndi ntchito yoti tichite popetsa kubwezera anthu omwe achitidwa nkhanza. "
Kafukufukuyu adapeza kuti 62% ya azimayi omwe adapulumuka adati adabwezera, makamaka kuchokera kwa ankhondo kapena anzawo. Anu Bhagwati, yemwe kale anali a Marine Corps Captain komanso director of the Service Women Action Network, adauza New York Times, "[iye] yemwe ali m'gulu lankhondo ndi woopsa kwambiri kwa omwe achitiridwa zachiwerewere." SWAN.org inati, " Chikhalidwe chakuzunza anthu ambiri, kusawerengera mlandu, komanso kuwongolera nyengo poipa kumafalikira m'dziko lonse la US Army, kuletsa opulumuka kuti anene zochitika ndi omwe akuchita zachiwerewere kuti asalangidwe moyenera. "
Chitsanzo chimodzi Ndi chithandizo chopepuka chopatsidwa ndi Brig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair Juni omaliza ataweruza mlandu wozunza ndi kuchita chigololo. Monga momwe zimakhalira ndi milandu yambiri yogwiriridwa, maloya a Sinclair adatha miyezi yobwezera, kubwezeretsanso ndikuwukira kukhulupirika kwa yemwe akutsutsa, wamkulu wa Asitikali. Sinclair adaweruzidwa kuti achepetse udindo, phindu la kupuma pantchito komanso chindapusa cha $ 20,000, ngakhale anali atakhala m'ndende kwa moyo wawo wonse komanso kulembetsa ngati wolakwira. Mkuluyu akuti Sinclair adawopseza kuti amupha ngati angaulule ubale wawo.
Kuti muthandizidwe pankhani yakuzunzidwa kapena nkhanza zankhondo, lankhulani ndi Protect Our Defenders kuinfo@protectourdefenders.com>; SWAN, pa 646-569-5200; kapena Veteran's Callen Line, pa 1-800-273-8255. Kuti mupeze thandizo la momwe mungadzivulitsire kapena kudzipha fanani ndi National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, ku 1-800-273-8255.
- John LaForge amagwira ntchito ku Nukewatch, gulu loyang'anira zida za nyukiliya ku Wisconsin, amasintha kalatayi ya Quarterly, ndipo amaphatikizidwa PeaceVoice.
