{"id":43666,"date":"2018-04-17T17:59:47","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T17:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/04\/17\/suicides-crew-chief-shortages-challenge-marine-forces-reserve\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:43:43","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:43:43","slug":"suicides-crew-chief-shortages-challenge-marine-forces-reserve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/2018\/04\/17\/suicides-crew-chief-shortages-challenge-marine-forces-reserve\/","title":{"rendered":"Suicides, crew chief shortages challenge Marine Forces Reserve"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Speaking before lawmakers, the Marine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2018\/03\/15\/marine-intel-reserve-unit-under-investigation\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">reserve <\/a>commander admitted that suicides and shortages in aviation crew chiefs are some of the major issues facing the force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With 12 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/veterans\/2017\/09\/16\/suicide-rates-among-veterans-highest-in-western-us-rural-areas\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">suicides<\/a> last year and five so far this year, Marine reserve leadership is taking the issue seriously, Marine Corps Forces Reserve Commander Lt. Gen. Rex C. McMillian told lawmakers at a Tuesday Senate hearing on reserve and National Guard appropriations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt is not as prevalent now as it was during the height of OIF [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2014\/07\/18\/hunter-bring-in-mattis-oif-vets-to-advise-on-iraq\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">Operation Iraqi Freedom<\/a>] and OEF [Operation Enduring Freedom],\u201d McMillian said about post-traumatic stress disorder. But the reserve\u2019s \u201cmajor concern\u201d is suicide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Across the entire Defense Department in 2017, there were 219 suicide deaths in the reserves and 126 across the Army and Air National Guard, according to a 2017 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dspo.mil\/Portals\/113\/Documents\/QSR_CY2017_Q4.PDF?ver=2018-04-09-112635-107\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">DoD report on suicide.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe work hard to mitigate that,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, most of the suicides in the reserves are not occurring while the Marines are on drilling status or training in the field: \u201cIt\u2019s the other 28 days in the month when we don\u2019t see them,\u201d McMillian explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Most of the suicides are tied to relationship, legal, job and financial issues, he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Leadership is working hard to maintain \u201cclose and enduring contact\u201d with the Marines, \u201cparticularly when they are off duty,\u201d McMillian said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And those efforts may be bearing fruit. Suicides in the Marine reserves are down from 2016 levels. In 2016 there were 19 reported suicides across the Marine reserves, which was the highest going back to 2012, the last data point available in the 2017 DoD report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5760\" height=\"3240\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635913010650819757-february-17-frontlines-5jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12861\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635913010650819757-february-17-frontlines-5jpg.jpg 5760w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635913010650819757-february-17-frontlines-5jpg.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635913010650819757-february-17-frontlines-5jpg.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635913010650819757-february-17-frontlines-5jpg.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635913010650819757-february-17-frontlines-5jpg.jpg?resize=1536,864 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/635913010650819757-february-17-frontlines-5jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1152 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5760px) 100vw, 5760px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lance Cpl. Jarod L. Smith, a crew chief with Marine Medium Tiltrotor Squadron 365, fires a mounted M2 Browning .50-caliber machine gun from the back of the MV-22B Osprey during a live fire training session off the coast of Marine Corps Air Station New River, N.C., Feb. 10, 2016. Marines with VMM-365 flew to a landing zone, which allowed pilots to practice CALs in their Osprey\u00d5s and then flew several miles off the coast to practice their proficiency with the .50-caliber machine gun. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an unrelated issue, the service is struggling to recruit and train aviation crew chiefs. Currently the Marine reserves are manned at only 55 to 65 percent, McMillian said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhere I do have a gap is in my crew chiefs, particularly in MV-22s and Hueys,\u201d McMillian told lawmakers Tuesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Manned at only 55 to 65 percent, the Marine reserves are trying to recruit crew chiefs leaving active duty to bolster their numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The reserves can train their own crew chiefs but \u201cit takes a lot bit of time\u201d to grow those Marines, McMillian said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The reserve\u2019s \u201cmajor concern\u201d is suicide, according to the Marine Corps Forces Reserve 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