Army Suicides at Three-Decade High

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Army Suicides at Three-Decade High

Suicides among Army troops soared again last year and are at a nearly three-decade high, senior defense officials told The Associated Press on Thursday. At least 128 soldiers killed themselves in 2008, said two officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because the data has not been formally released. The final count likely will be considerably higher because more than a dozen other suspicious deaths are still being investigated and could also turn out to be self-inflicted...

t r u t h o u t | Officials: Army Suicides at Three-Decade High (https://www.truthout.org/012909E)

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Army official: Suicides in January 'terrifying'

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- One week after the U.S. Army announced record suicide rates among its soldiers last year, the service is worried about a spike in possible suicides in the new year. The Army said 24 soldiers are believed to have committed suicide in January alone -- six times as many as killed themselves in January 2008...

Army official: Suicides in January 'terrifying' - CNN.com (https://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/02/05/army.suicides/index.html)

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Army Suicides in January Surpass Combat Deaths
Army Suicides in January Surpass Combat Deaths - US news | Newser (https://anonym.to/?https://www.newser.com/story/50023/army-suicides-in-january-surpass-combat-deaths.html)


Army suicides at record high, passing civilians
It's all about pressure and the military approach, said Kim Ruocco, 45, whose Marine husband was an officer and Cobra helicopter pilot who hanged himself in a California hotel room in 2005. That was one month before he was to return to Iraq a second time. She said her husband, John, had completed 75 missions in Iraq and was struggling with anxiety and depression but felt he'd be letting others down if he sought help and couldn't return...
Army suicides at record high, passing civilians (https://anonym.to/?https://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090130/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/army_suicides;_ylt=AjksLWmKRdfa.ou7j6efz_2s0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTI4OGtrODh2BGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMDkwMTMwL2FybXlfc3VpY2lkZXMEcG9zAzEzBHNlYwN5bl90b3Bfc3RvcnkEc2xrA 2FybXlzdWljaWRlcw)


Army To GI: 'Kill Yourself & Save Us Paperwork'
It had been five days since Heidi's son Adam, 21, a soldier at Fort Carson, swallowed handfuls of prescription sleeping pills and psychotropic drugs in the barracks, trying to die. With a can of black paint, Adam brushed a suicide note on the wall of his room. The Army, Adam wrote, "took my life."...
Murders and suicides at Fort Carson | Salon News (https://anonym.to/?https://www.salon.com/news/special/coming_home/2009/02/10/coming_home_two/index.html)


now you can get an understanding of why Ron Paul, the bring-them-home candidate, got more donations from active military personnel than all the other candidates combined - something that should be kept in mind of those who wish to "support the troops".

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Oh what a day it will be to celebrate, the day our troops come home. I will be in the streets twirling, laughing, whooping, for joy our troops are home.


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