Pentagon Records Missed Almost Half of Troops’ Domestic Abuse Killings
“Records are important,” said the mother of a woman killed by her Navy colleague. We found nearly twice as many domestic-abuse killings by service members as the DoD listed.
Daniel Johnson
Daniel Johnson is a PhD graduate of the School of Journalism and Media at UNC-Chapel Hill. He was a journalist for the U.S. Army in Iraq, and has reported for The New York Times. His reporting focuses on military mental health. Work he contributed to on blast overpressure injuries was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in national reporting in 2024.
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Women in the Army Are More Likely to Be Killed by Fellow Soldiers Than Enemy Combatants
The rate of homicides among women soldiers from intimate partner violence is at least three times higher than the national average.
Newly Released Data Reveals Air Force Suicide Crisis After Years of Concealment
The first published detailed breakdown of Air Force suicide data shows that the crisis is particularly acute among aircraft mechanics.