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  2. Military Suicide rates are at an All-Time High
    something needs to get done ,this is sad 19 years old he was a kid still,condolences to the family and may he rest in peace.

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    1. Until the Navy goes back to hardcore boot camp ..and stop being PC ..half our sailors couldn’t survive coast guard training …Yes less recruits would make it through boot camp but we need the strongest force possible to deal with future threats ….we went from making people do mini and full more tours at boot camp where you run in place for three hours holding a rifle over your head to allowing recruits stress cards. …But you can’t pull stress cards in real Navy life it doesn’t work..

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    4. @America’s Favorite Brazilian yes it is, sadly, both Civilian AND Military & only way to.solve it ASAP is for the US Government united with US private sector & society in general to efficiently & effectively work fast together & adopt mass nationwide quality programs, both regular health & mental health programs & much much more

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    5. @Christine Ribone Military fams live in MOLDY HOUSING. You can see that in many YT clips.

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    1. Y’all have it go over there. I am moving to London. you have the hills so much that Scotland has to offer. You country is blessed.

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  5. Absolutely sad! How disturbing. What’s going on behind closed doors is the big question ,4 suicides…. Can’t all mental health?

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  6. This is just too much. My heart goes out to his parents it’s heartbreaking to hear this. What is the Navy doing to these young men? I was in the Navy and I loved it. I never experienced anything to match this. It’s in-
    excusable and has to be fixed to the extent that it can be. Their beautiful son is gone and they have to spend the rest of their lives with unanswerable questions. Breaks my heart. I hope they can have peace somehow . I pray that they can.

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    1. @Tomas Pita I’m sorry you don’t care about the lives of our service members and would rather defend racism

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  7. Prayers to the family. How do they know there isn’t/wasn’t a serial killer amongst them? There needs to be further investigation. That many young men committing suicide is too many!

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    2. I couldn’t get much out of the interview, other than the living conditions being horrible. That does impact a person’s mental wellbeing greatly – sleep deprivation and lots of idle time (there being nothing to do for the sailors), continued exposure to loud noises “jackhammering”, really no need for a toxic work environment to drive someone over the edge.
      Very deeply sad.

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    3. @PuppetXeno Yes that’s exactly what it does, and exactly what happened. They were beyond their capacities, had no where to turn, and lost all hope. And likely most of their sanity too unfortunately, as this makes Zero sense. And It happens much more then people realize too. I don’t think that’s true for you though. You seem a very astute person who cares about others, or you wouldn’t have said this IMO. Bless You, and please keep speaking out for your fellow man.✌️

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    4. @Jordan Pollard It would appear that Q heeded the call. I see fellow like-minded people of a conspiratorial bent have joined Angie.

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  8. This is an outrage, obviously there was something going on to make 3 other sailors take their lives within a “weeks” time?!! So sad to have so many young men feel there was no other way out of their situation. A full investigation and accountability is demanded. God Bless the families of these sailors. R.I.P. Xavier…prayers from Texas.

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    5. Serving in the Armed Forces is not a trip to Disneyland. Once sign up and in no way out till last day of contract.

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  9. The military did this to the 82nd Airborne to they put them in housing that was falling apart and only because of a set of parents who videotaped the poor conditions their children were living in, something was done because the military where embarrassed not because they cared about the soldier lives.

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  10. Superior leadership at its finest; if they didn’t see this coming they have no business leading any human let alone being one in the armed forces.

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    1. @Ted Williams umm I think you may have not actually listened to the whole interview. It’s ok. Some people have short attention spans and make strange assumptions.

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    4. @PerfectionHunter i hope not. Once the doors are closed the ship is airtight to protect from gasses outside

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  11. The loss of a child is always devastating to a parent. And HOW & WHY needs to be investigated!! Many years ago a friend’s so “disappeared” off a ship at sea. He was clearly thrown overboard & little was done about it! This violent brutal demoralizing culture in the military has been in place too long! Options are even less for young people at sea! Heads need to roll!! Our young men & women don’t enlist to serve in the US military just to become victims!!!

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    1. 60 + veteran a day
      The government tell you it 22 but if you haven’t bin the va in 5 years that don’t count you n most veteran don’t like b treated like $hit n that way thay all ways treat use
      Bin vet for 33 years over 100%
      N haven’t stepped foot in va toucher chamber in over 12 years

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  13. Something was going on in that ship, 3 suicides is not a coincidence! This is disturbing and sad! Not self, but country! Rest in peace men.

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    2. As a live aboard, I can tell you ANY boatyard is insanely toxic. The chemicals are outrageous!!! No one should be required to “ live” there!

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    3. @out_running _erins No hazing. Crappy leadership. The leaders that caused this are awful. I’ve seen those awful people get high positions. Lots of trust fund officers too.

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  14. I am so sorry for the parents loss of their child. He was still a baby.

    The environment of the military can be toxic. I had a close family member that never got over her military experience. She is dead.

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    3. Everything can be toxic but how do explain them saying that sailors shouldn’t have to be made to live under those circumstance. As a veteran i even serving on a carrier shiplife isn’t as bad as they are portraying it. He couldn’t sleep due to jets doing their training, once they make e5 they can live off base when single.ship life alot of times sucked but he wasnt on some cruise he is on a military ship. Also why didn’t his first classes or even the chief not offer after finding out he slept in his car they ignored that and didn’t get someone from his own division offer a spot on their couch for the time being. I his higher ups failed to show real leadership. But most divisions on the ship do help sailors out like that.

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  15. I went through the same garbage during a ship overhaul in the mid 70s. We slept on bare bunk pans (when we could) through all of the noise and smoke and were expected to put in a full days work afterward. The single guys stayed in a hotel with all of their stuff piled to the ceiling, but there was at least some escape. Command climate during an overhaul is going to be bad no matter how good the commanding officer is. He will undoubtedly take the fall for this but he can only do so much. A lot if it depends on the senior enlisted (NCOs) and the department heads on down. Conditions need to improve across the board for these grueling events but the root cause is undoubtedly a primary chain of command that doesn’t care about its sailors. Aircraft carriers are notorius for this throughout the fleet. Still, a suicide is rare and three in a week is unheard of.

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    1. @thomas wilson just for some clarity.

      I clearly wrote to a specific person. Are you that person?

      Next, I didn’t say this young man was soft. I asked the individual I was writing to what his opinion was.

      And yes, at that age, and, up to my mid- 50’s I could do that type of strenuous physical labor with very little sleep. I was a police officer in Los Angeles. We had to be in great physical condition and there was a lot of pressure on the job. Police are para-military.

      I’ve read some mixed things from ex-military veterans regarding this video. Each of them expressed their experiences working on a ship a little differently than you have. Your comment makes a good contribution to the conversation. Best wishes —

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    2. My ship was in the ship yard in Hawaii in 1975, that’s year I losted60% of my hearing,had skin rashes on 30% of my body just about the whole year was sick every month from pills to stop the skin rashes, lead paint all over the deck, navy officers from different ships telling us we look like sh-t because our uniforms were dirty when we pass them on the dock,but hey we got the ship out of dry dock and moved on!

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    3. @Dog Sense That’s horrible! :O Using lead was one of the dumbest things Humans have done…

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    4. @Dog Sense I had a Music teacher in 1st to second grade that was in WW2 and he had to quit teaching because he eventually lost all his hearing and he told us all stories about being a Cannon Gunner on the ship. The blasts blew his eardrums.

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    2. 19 is a rough age in the military or out. Hormones and crazy emotions. Alot of guys his age get a dear John but I didn’t hear anything about a girlfriend. He had a car so I assuming he wasn’t restricted to base. Hard to say what he was thinking. Personally if I thought it was that bad I’d get a roommate and rent cheap motel room or swing a deal on a van. 12hr days you would never see them. Some people can’t handle the transistion from High school quarterback to pusing a mop and then depression takes over. People commit sucide in the military all the time but 3 in a week same location is a bit much. 100 to 1 this has happened before and the navy has stats on it. Just a guess but I don’t think his little brother is joining the military.

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    3. @King Craven
      I do wonder what effects the nuclear; uranium, radiation, or whatever other toxic substances soldiers are forced to use daily …is having on them. This could possibly explain why so many people, in the same place, and about the same time, would do the unthinkable. I wonder if the soldiers that ended their lives (I know he slept in his car, but I’m talking about them collectively) …slept in their cars, did they sleep on the ship? If they slept on the ship, did they sleep in certain “zones” that are more near to radiation than others? Are soldiers farthest from the radiation committing suicide at the same “rate”? , for lack of a better word.
      Hmm🤨🤔. Yeah, I’m just typing out loud here, sorry! ✌️
      Best Regards 🍊

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  17. People don’t kill themselves in those quantities just because conditions are rough. Something else was going on. I’ll bet they had some really toxic leadership. Culture indeed must be the culprit.

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    1. I agree with your comment people don’t kill themselves because the conditions are hard I mean come on how did they commit suicide did one of them have pain pills with fentanyl inside and he shared it with his buddy and they all died and they call it a suicide

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    3. @Gem Eames I had the same kind of experiences in my 8 years of service. There are some real shitheads in some of the leadership positions. Once, I was issued a shelter half for a one man (me) overnight deployment. I asked “Where’s the other half of my tent?” And was told “That’s all you get.” So, I did my job — then got a hotel room and pushed the bull up through the Command Sergeant Major. I got reimbursed.

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    4. Maybe, but sleep deprivation is a killer. For a young man working long hours like that, I can see where it would be depressing. My brush with military culture is that coping with sleep deprivation is some sort of a tough guy thing. That can be fine for a short period, but over time it wears down a person.

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  18. My condolences 🙁 it sounds like the superior in this lad’s army didn’t deserve his roll. And it’s awful how he kept his feelings inside. Iam not an expert in warfare but I think it’s underestimated how much mental stamina these men need and have to push through all kinds of conditions. This unit deserves better so do veterans.

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    2. Myself also. What is going on in the U.S. Navy these days? Ship collisions. A ship’s Captain relieved of command for concern about Covid-19 among his crew two years ago. I once spent an afternoon talking with the late Admiral Stansfield Turner. I think he would not tolerate the conditions in play here.

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    3. Same here. There’s a BIG problem that the command structure of that ship SHOULD have known about — unless they were part of the problem.

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  20. I’m a 63-year-old disabled veteran and the worst place in America to seek help for anything is the veterans hospital

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