2009 Military suicide rate already eclipses last year-11/17/09
source: http://www.fsrn.org/audio/headlines-tuesday-november-17-2009/5766
“The Army has reported 140 active duty suicides – which is equivalent to our total in 2008, with a month and a half remaining in the year. This is horrible. And I do not want to downplay the significance of these numbers in any way. But I believe we are making progress – in fact since March the general trend line, with the exception of a couple of months, has been down.”
More and more Army personnel have committed suicide each year since 2004, and last year, the suicide rate in the Army was even higher than that in the civilian population. And the 140 deaths General Chiarelli reported today include only those on active duty – not the 71 others who killed themselves after their tour ended.
http://www.fsrn.org/audio/headlines-tuesday-november-17-2009/5766
More and more Army personnel have committed suicide each year since 2004, and last year, the suicide rate in the Army was even higher than that in the civilian population. And the 140 deaths General Chiarelli reported today include only those on active duty – not the 71 others who killed themselves after their tour ended.
http://www.fsrn.org/audio/headlines-tuesday-november-17-2009/5766
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