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US Soldier Suicides Outnumber Combat Deaths In 2012
December 28, 2012 10:25 AM

WASHINGTON (CBS DC) – American soldier suicides continue to outnumber combat-related deaths in 2012, and the trajectory for soldier suicides continues to get worse.

Statistics released by the Department of the Army show that through November potentially 303 active-duty, Reserve and National Guard soldiers committed suicide. As of Dec. 7, Stars and Stripes reports that 212 soldiers have died in combat-related deaths in Afghanistan.

The Army set a grim new record of 177 potential active-duty cases with 2012 coming to a close on Tuesday – 64 of these cases remain under investigation, 113 have been confirmed.

In June of this year, The Pentagon reported there had been at least 154 suicides among active-duty troops – a rate of nearly one each day. The number of suicides continues to increase despite numerous new training and awareness programs put into effect in the past few years.

Defense Secretary Leon Panetta stated on Nov. 12 that the Obama administration will cease combat operations by the end of 2014, but it is still refining its timeline for withdrawing the remaining 68,000 U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

“So we’re dealing with broader societal issues,” Panetta said in a June speech. “Substance abuse, financial distress and relationship problems — the risk factors for suicide — also reflect problems … that will endure beyond war.”

A bipartisan group of lawmakers from both the House and the Senate are pushing for new rules that would allow military commanders and mental health specialists to ask unstable troops if they own personal firearms, reports Stars and Stripes.

About 53 percent of those who died by suicide in the military in 2011, the most recent year for which data is available, had no history of deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan, according to the Defense Department. And nearly 85 percent of military members who took their lives had no direct combat history, meaning they may have been deployed but not seen action.

“As part of the Army’s team-based and holistic approach to suicide prevention and stigma reduction, Army chaplains remain committed to fostering a resilient and ready force by enhancing strength, reducing stigma and encouraging help-seeking behaviors,” the Army’s Maj. Gen. Donald L. Rutherford, Chief of Chaplains, said in the Department of Defense press release “Our soldiers, families and civilians are our most precious resource, and the chaplaincy embodies the best of our Army values when it proclaims hope, embraces community, and stands with those who feel they stand alone.”

http://washington.cbslocal.com/2012/12/28/us-soldier-suicides-outnumber-combat-deaths-in-2012/

That scumbag Panetta didn't blame guns.  Gee, that's funny box, I wonder how these soldier took their lives, surely not a gun.  Since our compassionate government would restrict guns for the soldiers knowing it could prevent a suicide.  

How about banning undeclared foreign wars? That may prevent suicide - don't you agree box?  Or is it the financial distress and relationship problems that soldiers can't deal with?

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US Soldier Suicides Outnumber Combat Deaths

That would make the US military themselves, a more deadly enemy than the terrorists.

American in Cicero's "Govt Costumes" killing themselves...
Cic must be overjoyed!

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American in Cicero's "Govt Costumes" killing themselves...
Cic must be overjoyed!

I've told you many times, I feel sorry for these young men and women that allow their minds to be brainwashed into believing peace time military service is worth sacrificing their time on earth for some invisible cause greater then themselves, only to kill or be killed at the direction of a costumed man.  It's quite painful to watch.  Then when I hear drones like you honoring these poor souls, I realize that it is a perpetual cycle.  Guys like you don't want to stop them from dying, you just "honor" their deaths and move on to brainwashing the next generation of young minds to go sacrifice their precious lives for this fictitious "greater cause".

What's wrong box, you don't want to use the suicide of U.S. soldiers to push your agenda?  

guns don't kill people....people psyche kills people