Support the Troops, McBushie Style 1
The Army announced that 115 soldiers, including 22 National Guard and Army Reserve troops, killed themselves last year. That marked a 12.7 percent rise from the 102 suicides recorded in 2006. There were 85 Army suicides in 2005.
It was the highest number of actual suicides in the military force since record-keeping began in 1980 and Army officials said the rate has remained at about the same level since, with 38 confirmed suicides recorded for 2008 as of last Monday.
The Army also said there were 935 suicide attempts in 2007.
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But officials acknowledged that stresses caused by wartime Army operations were taking their toll on soldiers including in their personal relationships, the breakup of which was cited as a catalyst in 50 percent of cases.
They can go bonkers.
But God forbid they should go to college.
May 30, 2008 at 12:15 pm
Also from the article you linked to:
"But officials said the suicide rate for the Army remained below a civilian rate of 19.5 suicides per 100,000 people in the general population."
Hmmm.