350 changes recommended for (military) suicide policy

[unhappycamper]

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unhappycamper summary of this article: Military and ex-military suicides will be rising to record breaking numbers within the next few years.



350 changes recommended for suicide policy
By Joe Gould - Staff writer
Posted : Friday Oct 22, 2010 17:54:03 EDT

In the wake of reports that a record number of soldiers committed suicide at Fort Hood, Texas, this year, the Defense Department has released more grim statistics: Eighteen active-duty soldiers and eight reservists may have killed themselves in September.

[w8liftinglady]

1. as more data is released that reveals what these troops have actually experienced in Iraq and Afghan

anticipate this to go even higher.Anyone with a shred of conscience will despise themselves...especially since the blame will be placed directly on the troops and not those who repeatedly sent them to a senseless war.