Lest We Forget 2023
NOV, 2023: Pentagon Reports Marines see Highest Suicide Rate since 2011, Navy since 2019
Over 15,000 Americans are estimated to have died in wars since 9/11, with hundreds of thousands wounded in visible and invisible ways: 877,450 brain wounded veterans either misdiagnosed or undiagnosed, all untreated by the VA/DoD for their brain wounds.
Twenty-three years of war in Afghanistan, Iraq, Syria and Pakistan have cost American taxpayers over $6 trillion according to the Watson Institute of International and Public Affairs at Brown University. More than 800,000 people have died as a direct result of fighting. (Brown COW).
The HOW Foundation, GruntStyle, America’s Mighty Warriors, the 22 Project, BurnPits360, the HUGS Project, KOTERRA, PFRPA, Stand for the Troops, over 145 clinics, and the TreatNOW Coalition remind us of other statistics that get lost too often.
16 – 44
Estimated Veteran Suicides Each Day
~109,000
Veteran deaths from SUICIDE since 9/11
642,000
Veterans dying every year
15,000+
US military, DoD civilians,
and US Contractors killed post-9/11 in Iraq,
Afghanistan, Pakistan & Syria
~109,000
Veteran deaths from prescribed drug overdoses
2.5 million+
Served in OEF, OIF, OND
30%+
Suffering From PTSD
877,450+
Suffering From Untreated TBI/Brain Wounds
80%
Combat Veteran Divorce Rate
Crisis Line 988
Since launch in July 2022 through May 2023, 988 has received almost 5 million contacts, of which nearly 1 million are from the Veteran’s Crisis Line—a part of 988—with the rest consisting of 2.6 million calls, over 740,000 chats, and more than 600,000 texts
22%
Increased Likelihood of Suicide
Among Veterans vs. all others
Congress, the VA and DoD can and must do better. We can arrest the suicide rate among all Americans. The Opioid and Substance Abuse epidemics can likewise be reversed if and when we accept what science and research and clinical/evidence-based medicine are telling us, all over the world. The use of Hyperbaric Oxygenation (HBOT), together with Integrative Medicine and other safe and effective therapies, are in use and available today. (Evidence)
21,000+
Brain-Wounded Service Members given a
restored Quality of Life after HBOT treatment,
all through Donations and Pro Bono work
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