Four soldiers in Alaska died by suicide in the last month, an alarming spike that came despite a surge in mental health resources to the Army posts there.
After U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Jonathan Baker had suicidal thoughts, the lack of mental health providers in Alaska forced him to wait for help. Correction: An earlier version of this video displayed incorrect hours for the Military Crisis Line.WASHINGTON – USA TODAY reported a month earlier
"Many of you already know that we lost four Arctic Angels in the past 30 days to the enemy of despair," Eifler wrote."After a significant reduction from last year, these recent losses are a heart-breaking reminder that this battle is not over." A relatively small spike in suicides at Fort Wainwright – 11 deaths between January 2014 and March 2019 – prompted the Army to commission a study. Its recommendations resulted in more than $200 million spent to improve barracks and build sprawling garages to shelter soldiers maintaining vehicles. Yet suicide continued to vex Army officials – eight deaths in 2019, seven in 2020.
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