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Suicide Rate Among Troops Alarms Pentagon (Video)

Navy veteran Ann Longboy
Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury
Navy veteran Ann Longboy

Pentagon officials have grown alarmed at the growing suicide rate among servicemembers as Suicide Prevention Month grows to a close. According to a Pentagon Report:

Navy veteran Ann Longboy has joined the chorus of military voices trying to bring awareness to suicide prevention. Longboy shared her story on the Defense Centers for Excellence website about how her own suicidal thoughts in 1987 as a young Sailor were stopped from being put into action by her Navy leadership. She writes of how grateful she was to her leadership for intervening, because the consequences of suicide hit home for her in 2004 when her younger brother took his own life:

The Pentagon Channel has put together a special report on the Department of Defense's efforts to raise awareness about suicide prevention. Take a look:

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