Pattern of #Brain Damage Is Pervasive in #Navy #SEALs Who Died by #Suicide
The vast majority of blast exposure for Navy SEALs comes from firing their own #weapons, not from #enemy action. The damage pattern suggested that years of training intended to make SEALs exceptional was leaving some barely able to function.
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At least a dozen Navy SEALs have died by suicide in the past 10 years, either while in the #military or shortly after leaving. A grassroots effort by grieving families delivered eight of their brains to the lab, an investigation by The New York Times has found. And after careful analysis, researchers discovered blast damage in every single one.
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