Three sailors with USS George H.W. Bush died by suicide last week
A string of suicides by sailors from the Navy aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush last week has prompted an investigation by local and federal authorities—but it reflects a tragic trend in the Navy, the U.S. military more broadly and across the country.
Cragg said a special psychiatric rapid intervention team is on board the aircraft carrier to assist those grieving, in addition to chaplains, psychologists and counselors. She added that the sailors “did not serve in the same departments and there does not appear to be a connection between their deaths.” The USS George H.W. Bush, is currently at Norfolk Naval Shipyard and has 2,800 sailors serving on it, Cragg said.
Story continuesSuicides have not just been rising in the military. The last time the nationwide suicide rates were this high was in World War II, according to federal data. And while veterans and military service members contribute to that total, the casualty count also includes victims of the opioid crisis and those likely affected by widespread social media use and high stress. In 2017, 14 out of 100,000 Americans died by suicide, according to to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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