NguJohn LaForge
Abaqeshwa bomkhosi bamele bazive “njengegqwirha elingendawo” likaHansel noGretel, lityebisa abantwana ukuze libatye. Ngobundlobongela obuphathelele kwezesondo, iimfazwe ezingapheliyo zomsebenzi, ukubulawa kwabantu, ukwenzakala kwengqondo, ukukhubazeka okusisigxina kunye nobhubhani wokuzibulala, into abayithengisayo kule mihla ibonakala ngathi ifana nomboniso ombi owoyikekayo.
Ngethuba lokuthunyelwa kwiiquagmires e-Afghanistan, e-Iraq, ePakistan, eSyria, eYemen, eSomalia, njl.njl kwelinye icala, amathuba okuba uhlaselwe ngokwesondo kwelinye¾kunye nembono yokuzibulala phakathi kwabezilwanyana bayo yonke imivumbo¾kufuneka uzibuze ukuba bangabaqesha njani abantu. ngenisa nabani na emnyango. Abantwana abasaqalayo mabangafundi amaphepha; zonke ezine ezisebenzayo-umsebenzi-umsebenzi kunye ezintlanu kwabathandathu amacandelo reserve wadibana neenjongo zabo zokugaya ngo-2014, ngokutsho kwePentagon.
Kodwa a Uphononongo lweSebe leMicimbi yamagqala ikhutshwe ngoFebruwari 1, 2013 ifumene amagqala ezibulala ngesantya se-22 ngosuku. Emva kodliwano-ndlebe no-Adm. Jonathan Greenert, uMphathi weMisebenzi yaseLwandle, iNkwenkwezi kunye neeStripes ezenziwe oku kungqubana okumnandi Disemba 15: “Abantu abazibulalayo abakhange bayiyeke iradar, phezu kwako nje ukunikela ingqalelo engakumbi ekulweni ukuhlaselwa ngokwesini.” UGen. Ray Odierno, umphathi woMkhosi wabasebenzi, xelela iWashington Post Ngomhla we-7 wokugqibela, "Andiqondi ukuba sifike encotsheni yokuzibulala."
Phakathi kwamalungu e-Reserves kunye ne-National Guard, ukuzibulala kunyuke iipesenti ezisibhozo phakathi kwe-2012 kunye ne-2013. Ngo-Epreli ophelileyo, i-AP inike ingxelo yokuba ukuzibulala kuMkhosi weSizwe woMkhosi kunye neReserve ngo-2001 "kudlule inani lamajoni athatha ubomi bawo, ngokoMkhosi."
Iinkwenkwezi kunye neStripes zathi izinga lokuzibulala phakathi kwabaseLwandle kunye namajoni laliphezulu kakhulu, kunye nabo basebenzayo-babandezeleka malunga nokusweleka kwe-23 kwi-100,000 yamalungu enkonzo ngo-2013, xa kuthelekiswa nokuzibulala kwe-12.5 nge-100,000 iyonke kuluntu lwase-US ngo-2012¾ njengoko kubalwa ngamaZiko o Ulawulo Lwezifo. Izinga lokuzibulala phakathi koomatiloshe nalo lonyukile kulo nyaka, i-CDC yafumanisa.
Nokuba awuzange ubone ukulwa
An Isifundo somkhosi amalunga nesigidi samajoni apapashwe kuMatshi ophelileyo anika ingxelo yokuba ukuzibulala phakathi kwamajoni athunyelwe e-Iraq okanye e-Afghanistan ngaphezulu kokuphindwe kabini phakathi kuka-2004 no-2009, kodwa ukuba izinga labo bangazange bachithe ixesha kwiindawo zemfazwe phantse liphindwe kathathu kule minyaka mihlanu inye. Ngelixa abaninzi babelindele ukuzibulala emkhosini ukuba kwehle emva kokuba ukuthunyelwa e-Iraq nase-Afghanistan kuncitshisiwe, akwenzekanga, iWashington Post ifumene.
Uhlaselo ngokwesondo lusakhula
Ngeli xesha, "ukugxila okwandisiweyo ekulweni uhlaselo ngokwesondo" kuye kwabhengezwa njengokusilela kwexesha elifutshane. Ingxelo ye-Pentagon yephepha le-1,100 ekhutshwe ngo-Dec. 4 yafumanisa ukuba iingxelo zokuhlaselwa ngokwesondo emkhosini zonyuke malunga neepesenti ezisibhozo kwi-2014, kwaye uSenator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), waphendula kwiindaba esithi, "Ndicinga ukuba le ngxelo ibonisa ukusilela. ngothotho lwemiyalelo.” USen. Gillibrand uye walwela ukususa igunya kumatyala okuxhatshazwa ngokwesondo kumagosa aphetheyo.
Ukujikeleza okufunyanisiweyo ngokungathi iingxelo ezongeziweyo zohlaselo zilungile, iCandelo. wezoKhuselo uChuck Hagel wayenengxaki yokufumana amagama. Uthe, “Emva kokwanda kweengxelo zokuhlaselwa ngokwesondo ngendlela engazange ibonwe kunyaka ophelileyo, izinga liqhubekile nokunyuka. Ziindaba ezimnandi ezo.” USenja uClaire McCaskill, D-MO, uthe iziphumo zabonisa “inkqubela phambili enkulu,” kodwa wavuma ngelithi, “Kusenomsebenzi ekufuneka siwenzile ukuze sithintele ukuziphindezela kumaxhoba.”
Uphononongo lufumene i-62 yepesenti yabasetyhini abasindileyo bathi baye bafumana impindezelo, ubukhulu becala kubalingane basemkhosini okanye oontanga. U-Anu Bhagwati, owayesakuba nguKapteni we-Marine Corps kunye nomlawuli we-Seeron Women's Action Network, uxelele iNew York Times, "[T] isimo sezulu emkhosini siseyingozi kumaxhoba olwaphulo-mthetho ngokwesondo." I-SWAN.org ithi, "Inkcubeko yokutyhola amaxhoba, ukungabikho kokuphendula, kunye nemozulu yomyalelo oyityhefu ixhaphakile kuwo wonke uMkhosi oxhobileyo wase-US, ukuthintela abasindileyo ekuxeleni izehlo kunye nabenzi bobubi ukuba bohlwaywe ngokufanelekileyo."
Omnye umzekelo lunyango olulula olunikwe uBrig. Gen. Jeffrey Sinclair ngoJuni ophelileyo emva kokuvuma impatho embi kunye nokukrexeza. Njengamatyala amaninzi okuhlaselwa ngokwesondo, amagqwetha kaSinclair achitha iinyanga eziphindezela, ephinda exhoba kwaye ehlasela ukuthembeka kommangaleli, umthetheli womkhosi. U-Sinclair ugwetyelwe ukuncitshiswa kwerenki, izibonelelo ezipheleleyo zomhlalaphantsi kunye nentlawulo ye-20,000 yeedola, nangona wayejongene nesigwebo sobomi obunokwenzeka kunye nokubhaliswa njengomoni wesondo. Ukapteni watyhola ukuba uSinclair wayemgrogrise ngokumbulala ukuba uthe waluxela ulwalamano lwabo.
Ngoncedo malunga nokuxhatshazwa ngokwesondo okanye ubundlobongela obuphathelele kwezesondo emkhosini, qhagamshelana noKhusela abaKhuseli bethu aphainfo@protectourdefenders.com>; i-SWAN, e 646-569-5200; okanye iVeteran's Crisis Line, e 1-800-273-8255. Ngoncedo malunga nokuba uzenzakalise okanye uzibulale tsalela umnxeba kwiNational Suicide Prevention Lifeline, apha 1-800-273-8255.
-UJohn LaForge usebenzela iNukewatch, iqela elibukela inyukliya eWisconsin, ihlela incwadana yekota, kwaye idityanisiwe PeaceVoice.
