Navy Report Ignores Sailor's Suicide

A Youth Radio investigation finds that the U.S. Navy's report on hazing in its Bahrain Canine Unit omitted the suicide of the unit's leading Petty Officer, who feared she had become the scapegoat for widespread abuse.

On January 16, 2007, Petty Officer Jennifer Valdivia was found dead in a small room in her Bahrain home. The U.S. Navy, which maintains a major base on the island in the Persian Gulf, classified her death as a non-combat related incident. A Navy autopsy later confirmed that 27 year-old Valdivia committed suicide.

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[emjoyce1071]

This is not my what I expect from my Navy and my fellow Chiefs. It's despicable, reprehensible and intolerable for Sailors to act this way. I thought Tail Hook taught us something about Honor,Duty and respect.