US military suicide rates for active-duty troops near record highs in 2018

U.S. Air Force photo illustration by Staff Sgt. J.D. Strong II The suicide rate among active-duty US military service members hit a five-year high last year, a new Pentagon report released Thursday revealed. The suicide rate among active-duty personnel w.....»»

The US Army wants 500,000 active duty military personn.....»»

Meanwhile, his disapproval rate has climbed 6 points. President Trump’s support among U.S. troops appears to be fading, with a new survey from Military Times showing that support for him has ebbed during the .....»»

A new poll conducted by Military Times and Syracuse University has found that nearly half of all active duty American troop.....»»

They join over 2,000 National Guard troops already present. The Defense Department confirmed that it will send a total of 5,200 active duty .....»»

The U.S. military plans to more than double the number of active-duty forces at the southern border, with the new figure disclosed in a letter from a congressional leader admonishing the Pentagon......»»

The decline is good news for homebuyers. Supply shortages lifted sales prices to record highs in March and constructi.....»»

While the stock market may be on the uptick, unemployment rates remain high - and may not return to pre-pandemic levels for a decade. Labor organizations called for car caravan demonstrations across the US to protest record unemployment on .....»»

Eric Hamilton graduated with a music degree in the middle of the 2008 recession. The high cost meant graduate school wasn’t an option, so he turned to active duty with the military, an option that was a good fit with the Hamilton family.....»»

It is the best of times; it is the worst of times. Just as spot freight rates for supertankers have reached epic new heights, crude-tanker stocks are plummeting. read more.....»»

It is the best of times; it is the worst of times. Just as spot freight rates for supertankers have reached epic new heights, crude-tanker st.....»»

The S&P 500 suffered its worst day in two years on Monday as a surge in coronavirus cases outside China rattled investors already worried about valuations following recent record highs......»»

The problem From stress and burnout, to the opioid epidemic, to alarming suicide rates, we are facing a mental health crisis in our country. Untreated mental illness costs the country at least $444 billion per year. A 2018 HHS report determined th.....»»

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Global equity markets extended a year-end rally on Thursday that has pushed U.S. and world stock benchmarks to record highs, while bond yields in Europe rose after Sweden stopped five years of negative interest rates, signaling the end of a sub-zero era......»»

Bond yields rose after Sweden stopped five years of negative interest rates, signaling an era of sub-zero rates may be near an end, while global equity markets extended a rally that has pushed U.S. and global stock benchmarks to record highs......»»

Bond yields rose and Sweden's crown stayed ice cool on Thursday as the country became the first to raise interest rates out of sub-zero territory, while world stocks drifted off this week's record highs......»»

World stocks drifted down from the week's record highs on Thursday, while the crown gained as Sweden's central bank became the first to raise interest rates from negative territory......»»

AP Photo/Andrew Harnik President Donald Trump's approval rating among active-duty troops continued declining in 2019. In a survey between October and Decemb.....»»