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Military suicides climbed 15% in 2020; senior leaders want action

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WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of U.S. military suicides jumped by 15% last year, fueled by significant increases in the Army and Marine Corps that senior leaders called troubling.

They urged more effort to reverse the trend.According to data released Thursday, there were 580 suicides last year compared with 504 the prior year.

Of those, the number of suicides by Army National Guard troops jumped by about 35%, from 76 in 2019 to 103 last year, and the active duty Army saw a nearly 20% rise.

Marine Corps suicides went up by more than 30%, from 47 to 62; while the Marine Corps Reserves went from nine deaths to 10."The findings are troubling," Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said. "Suicide rates among our service members and military families are.

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