More Than <br />30,000 US Veterans , of Post-9/11 Wars , Have Died by <br />Suicide Since 2001.<br />New research by the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at <br />Brown University was released on June 21. .<br />It revealed that there have been <br />over 30,000 suicides by American soldiers <br />and veterans since 2001.<br />That is more than <br />four times the number of those killed <br />in post-9/11 combat operations.<br />7,057 members of the U.S. military <br />have been killed in combat since 2001. .<br />According to Brown University’s Costs of War Project, <br />an estimated 30,177 veterans and service members <br />have killed themselves over the last twenty years.<br />Activist Post reports that the findings <br />were compiled from interviews, <br />government data and secondary literature.<br />The VA 2020 National Veteran Suicide Prevention Annual Report revealed the suicide rate of veterans <br />to be 1.5 times higher than the general population. .<br />This rate is likely a conservative <br />one because, unlike earlier reports, <br />the V.A. only counts veterans who <br />were federally activated, leaving out <br />Reservists and National Guardsmen <br />who were not federally activated, Costs of War Project Report, Brown University, <br />via Activist Post.<br />Between 2011 and 2020, an estimated <br />1,193 National Guard members and <br />1,607 Reservists have died by suicide.<br />Data is not available for <br />the first decade after 9/11.<br />The report found that <br />since 2001, 5,116 active duty <br />service members have died by suicide.<br />As we come closer to the <br />twentieth anniversary of the <br />September 11th attacks, we must <br />reflect on the mental health cost <br />of the Global War on Terror, Costs of War Project Report, Brown University, <br />via Activist Post.<br />The human cost for our veterans and <br />service members far outweighs even <br />the most crippling financial costs we <br />have endured to send them to war, Costs of War Project Report, Brown University, <br />via Activist Post
