{"id":999505,"date":"2021-11-11T15:44:31","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T20:44:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=999505"},"modified":"2021-11-11T15:44:35","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T20:44:35","slug":"veterans-raise-awareness-about-elevated-rate-of-suicide-just-staggering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/veterans-raise-awareness-about-elevated-rate-of-suicide-just-staggering\/","title":{"rendered":"Veterans Raise Awareness About Elevated Rate Of Suicide: \u2018Just Staggering\u2019:"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fveterans-raise-awareness-about-elevated-rate-of-suicide-just-staggering%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=999505&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>On Veteran\u2019s Day, one organization is marching 22 miles to raise awareness for the estimated 22 veterans, active-duty service members, and other military personnel who die by suicide each day.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marchforthe22.us\/past-events\">organization<\/a>, March for the 22, was scheduled to march from Mayville, North Carolina beginning at approximately 4:30am <a href=\"https:\/\/newbernnow.com\/2021\/10\/veterans-day-field-of-flags-marine-22-mile-veterans-day-march.html\">to<\/a> New Bern, NC on Veterans Day, in the second annual march for veteran suicide awareness in Craven County, which currently is home to about 20,000 veterans.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not just to bring awareness, but to also raise funds for programs specifically for veterans in our area that can be impactful,\u201d said Adin Colon, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newbernsj.com\/story\/news\/2021\/11\/07\/craven-county-nc-veterans-day-events-annual-march-free-luncheon\/6282927001\/\">according<\/a> to the Sun Journal.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Colon, a Bronze Star recipient who spent 12 years in the U.S. Army, organized the first march in 2020. Several of the expected 120 participants are going to be hiking with an extra 22 pounds of weight.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe 22 pounds signifies the constant burden that our veterans, especially those who suffer from PTSD, carrying on their shoulders and backs everyday,\u201d Colon noted. \u201cAt the end of the day when everyone else gets to take that 22 pounds off, a lot of our veterans go to bed with that on their backs and tapered on their minds as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/theaters\/us\/va-reveals-its-veteran-suicide-statistic-included-active-duty-troops-1.533992\">reports<\/a> from the Department of Veteran Affairs, the statistics on veteran suicides also include active-duty servicemembers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe key message is that suicides are elevated among those who have ever served,\u201d Craig Bryan, a psychologist at the National Center for Veterans Studies said in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>In comparison to the general population, suicide rates for veterans, specifically women veterans, are elevated.&nbsp;Some reports show that suicide rates might be starting to decline.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mentalhealth.va.gov\/docs\/data-sheets\/2021\/2021-National-Veteran-Suicide-Prevention-Annual-Report-FINAL-9-8-21.pdf\">official<\/a> 2021 National Veteran Suicide Prevention report released in September, suicide rates declined from 2018-2019 in \u201cunprecedented\u201d ways. Still, in 2019 alone, over 6,000 veterans died by suicide.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have the heart and the will, but we know that suicide prevention will require all of us collectively and uniquely engaged within a unifying and overriding goal of saving lives from suicide. We, therefore, continue to seek everyone\u2019s support, partnership, and engagement,\u201d the VA wrote in its report.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Many across the country have decided to use Veteran\u2019s Day to raise further awareness of the tragedy befalling many who serve in America\u2019s armed forces.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a big problem,\u201d said Navy veteran David Rogers of Ligonier, Pennsylvania, according <a href=\"https:\/\/triblive.com\/local\/westmoreland\/ligonier-man-walks-memorial-to-memorial-to-raise-awareness-about-veteran-suicides\/\">to<\/a> TribLive. \u201cTo me, there\u2019s an awful lot of talk about how to help veterans, but not nearly<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Veteran\u2019s Day, one organization is marching 22 miles to raise awareness for the estimated 22 veterans, active-duty service members, and other military personnel who die by suicide each day.\u00a0The organization, March for the 22, was scheduled to march from Mayville, North Carolina beginning at approximately 4:30am to New Bern, NC on Veterans Day, in the second annual march for veteran suicide awareness in Craven County, which currently is home to about 20,000 veterans.\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s not just to bring awareness, but to also raise funds for programs specifically for veterans in our area that can be impactful,\u201d said Adin Colon, according to the Sun Journal.\u00a0Colon, a Bronze Star recipient who spent 12 years in the U.S. Army, organized the first march in 2020. Several of the expected 120 participants are going to be hiking with an extra 22 pounds of weight.\u00a0\u201cThe 22 pounds signifies the constant burden that our veterans, especially those who suffer from PTSD, carrying on their shoulders and backs everyday,\u201d Colon noted. \u201cAt the end of the day when everyone else gets to take that 22 pounds off, a lot of our veterans go to bed with that on their backs and tapered on their minds as well.\u201dAccording to reports from the Department of Veteran Affairs, the statistics on veteran suicides also include active-duty servicemembers.\u00a0\u201cThe key message is that suicides are elevated among those who have ever served,\u201d Craig Bryan, a psychologist at the National Center for Veterans Studies said in 2018.In comparison to the general population, suicide rates for veterans, specifically women veterans, are elevated.\u00a0Some reports show that suicide rates might be starting to decline.\u00a0According to the official 2021 National Veteran Suicide Prevention report released in September, suicide rates declined from 2018-2019 in \u201cunprecedented\u201d ways. Still, in 2019 alone, over 6,000 veterans died by suicide.\u00a0\u201cWe have the heart and the will, but we know that suicide prevention will require all of us collectively and uniquely engaged within a unifying and overriding goal of saving lives from suicide. We, therefore, continue to seek everyone\u2019s support, partnership, and engagement,\u201d the VA wrote in its report.\u00a0Many across the country have decided to use Veteran\u2019s Day to raise further awareness of the tragedy befalling many who serve in America\u2019s armed forces.\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s a big problem,\u201d said Navy veteran David Rogers of Ligonier, Pennsylvania, according to TribLive. \u201cTo me, there\u2019s an awful lot of talk about how to help veterans, but not nearly enough action as I think there ought to be.\u201dOn Veteran\u2019s Day, Rogers walked from one veteran\u2019s memorial in Ligonier ten miles away to another one in Latrobe, Pennslyvania, carrying an American flag.\u00a0Rogers says that the number of veterans lost every year is \u201cjust staggering.\u201dThe National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is a free hotline for individuals in crisis or distress or for those looking to help someone else. It is available 24\/7 at 1-800-273-8255.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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