The Pentagon announced April 11 that A1C Jacob I. Ramsey, 20, of Hesperia, Calif., died April 10 of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident in Kabul, Afghanistan. Ramsey had deployed to support Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan from the 712th Air Support Operations Squadron at Ft. Hood, Tex. The release stated, “The circumstances surrounding the incident are under investigation.”
A provision in the fiscal 2025 defense policy bill will require the Defense Department to include the military occupational specialty of service members who die by suicide in its annual report on suicide deaths, though it remains to be seen how much data the department will actually disclose.