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In reply to the discussion: One of my former students just committed suicide. [View all]AnalystInParadise
(1,832 posts)with multiple Iraq deployments (4) I am curious what he did in the Navy. If he was fleet and not shore based, I would not suspect his fleet time led to his suicide. If he was shore based, it is possible. But deployments are expected. I did 4 to Iraq and 4 other deployments in 20 years. 1 to Kuwait, 1 to Bosnia, 1 to Kosovo and 1 to HOA. 8 deployments in a 20 year career is not unexpected. I was in the military for 8 years of peacetime (prior to 9/11) and did just as many peacetime tours(4 in 8 years) as war time tours (4 in 12 years.) If you join the military, you should expect to be gone almost half the time, either in peacetime or war time, that is part of the job.
I have seen terrible things and had a raging case of PTSD a few years ago. I wish to know more of this situation, not all suicides by military personnel are related to military service, and the odds of a Navy person (unless they are a Navy Seal) being in combat or other traumatic situations from this war is extremely small.