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Of the sinking of the Black Diamond down at Saint Clements river down on the potomac in maryland. I was invited by my colleague here karen stone who has done an amazing job of continuing to tell the story and to bring the story out from the darkness and into the light. A little bit about karen. She is the director of she oversees redistinct sites and that county for strategic planning, fundraising, creating strategic partnerships, overseeing Museum Partnerships and more. This is especially exciting. I love this article she recently published an article about this disaster in American Civil War magazine entitled peril on the potomac. Thank you for joining us on zoom this afternoon. Dir. Stone this is very exciting, jake. I am excited to be here. This actually ....
House panel investigates Racial Disparities in the military Justice System to be here for military legal officials and the president of protected offenders during this House Armed Services subcommittee hearing. [inaudible conversations] like to thank you for joining our remote hearing. In ott [inaudible] establishing and maintaining a quorum or dissipating in the proceedings and voting could members participating remotely must continue to use Software Platforms video function while attending the proceedings and other technical problems that render the member unable to fully participate on on camera today for members participating remotely experience as technical difficulties sees contact to the Commi ....
Them by their families you know by their by their communities or whether its just basically something they have come to on their own but you transgressed that youve committed an act so by also a pouring in your own to your own senses that you are no longer the person you once were or the person that you thought you would be. Military veterans make up 8 percent of u. S. Adult population but account for 13. 5 percent of the adult suicides in the United States data from Veterans Affairs shows among veterans that had deployed to iraq and afghanistan suicide rates are 4. 00 to 10. 00 times higher than their civilian peers but even these statistics may be understating suicide rates among combat veterans in a 2015 story a marine corps infantry unit that was tracked after coming home from war saw suicide rates among its young men for. Times greater than other young male veterans and ....
Service members killed in those wars since 2001 why is suicide such an epidemic among combat veterans from our wars in the middle east joining me to discuss veteran suicides is matthew hoh who served as a Marine Corps Company commander in iraq in a later as a state Department Official in afghanistan resigned in protest over the escalation of the war. So matthew and i spent 20 years covering war i didnt carry a weapon and thats an important distinction but certainly dealt with p. T. S. D. As i know you have lets 1st just explain what p. T. S. D. Does to you and i know youve fought this battle too. Yeah absolutely chris and thank you for having me on and i think that point you made is something you know well get into about the difference. As a perpetrator of war as say i was as opposed to somebody who has taken part in the war as you were but werent was not a perpetr ....