Veterans go and fight for our country to have the freedom that it does on a daily basis. Each, and every veteran that is deployed has a chance to not go home to their families alive. They risk everything they have, yet we are failing them. Day in, and day out multitude of veterans are committing suicide, or are being left out on the streets with no home to go to; forget by the people they fought to protect. If we do not begin to give the support that is necessary: then we may very well be sending off our troops into a death sentence, with no chance of recovery.
The Amount of support that is given is not enough, evidently from the sheer amount of groups dedicated to helping out veterans in need, that are run by veterans; as well as government…show more content… There have been countless amounts of suicide among veterans, so much that there were multiple case studies by the department of Veterans Affairs just to figure out how high the amount of deaths among veterans actually were. “In 2007, the Department of Veterans Affairs began an intensive effort to reduce suicide among Veterans. This effort had its roots in the Mental Health staffing expansion and the Joshua Omvig Bill, and it included both attention to Veterans in crisis as well as those determined to be at high risk for suicide.” “In 2008, VA’s Mental Health Services established a suicide surveillance and clinical support system based on reports of suicide and suicide events (i.e. non-fatal attempts, serious suicide ideation, suicide plan) submitted by Suicide Prevention Coordinators located at each VA Medical Center and large outpatient facility. “ “ In 2010, the VA also began an intensive effort to shorten delays associated with access to NDI data and increase understanding of suicide among all Veterans by developing data sharing agreements with all 50 U.S. states.” (https://www.va.gov/opa/docs/suicide-data-report-2012-final.pdf) As you can see at least three different case studies were conducted. This adds to at least a total of three years, by the Department of Veterans Affairs alone. This is not mentioning the other countless studies done by other private, as well as no private organizations.
