Army reports record number of suicides for June

[Robbien]

Source: USA Today

Soldiers killed themselves at the rate of one per day in June making it the worst month on record for Army suicides, the service said Thursday.

There were 32 confirmed or suspected suicides among soldiers in June, including 21 among active-duty troops and 11 among National Guard or Reserve forces, according to Army statistics.

Seven soldiers killed themselves while in combat in Iraq or Afghanistan in June, according to the statistics. Of the total suicides, 22 soldiers had been in combat, including 10 who had deployed two to four times.

"The hypothesis is the same that many have heard me say before: continued stress on the force, said Army Col. Christopher Philbrick, director of the Army Suicide Prevention Task Force. He pointed out that the Army has been fighting for nine years in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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The Army is putting out a video titled Shoulder to Shoulder: I Will Never Quit on Life.

Oh yeah, that'll help.

[tabasco]

1. As coward Cheney clings to life. n/t

[msongs]

2. maybe the obama admin/pentagon oughta do a survey on this before taking any action? nt

[tabasco]

3. Why? When did they do a survey before?