Source: Sex and the State
by Cathy Reisenwitz
“In 2022, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin put together a Suicide Prevention and Response Independent Review Committee (SPRIRC). This body released a report full of recommendations for reducing suicides among current and former military personnel. … According to the SPRIRC, the military promotion system is so broken that it’s on par with firearms availability and access to mental health professionals as meaningful contributors to suicide risk. If that’s true, imagine how much money that broken system wastes outside of suicides. It’s hard to fathom.” (05/25/26)
https://cathyreisenwitz.substack.com/p/the-militarys-broken-promotion-system