Jared Hagemann Investigation Reveals Suicide Note and PTSD Diagnosis Kept from Commanders

Source: Seattle Weekly's The Daily Weekly
Published: Thursday 09 February, 2012

​Staff Sargent Jared Hagemann left a suicide note. That's one revelation in the findings from the military's investigation into his death, obtained by Seattle Weekly through the Freedom of Information Act. While the note suggests his problems were highly personal, the findings also convey surprising news about how a PTSD diagnosis is handled.

Hagemann's death last summer garnered a slew of media coverage after his wife and anti-war activists blamed the military, saying it had forced the Ranger back to war over his objections and despite his troubled mental health. As we reported in a cover story last year, that narrative wasn't quite accurate (Hagemann voluntarily signed on for another six years during his last deployment) and ignored the momentous marital problems that he repeatedly cited as a source of angst.

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