Truemors
No one takes mental disease seriously. It's a stigma, and that is why so many people don't seek treatment for depression, post traumatic stress disorder, bipolar disorder, etc. The lack of medical treatment for these men and women are appalling.
It's a shame that the government not only throws those soldiers out in front of suicide bombers, but they ignore them when they come home. Let's see any of those men in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Washington pick up the body parts of your best friend. Let's see them lose an arm or leg from a roadside bomb. These soldiers not only need adequate help, but the best that can be provided.
My tax dollars are going towards this war, and I'd like to see a better portion of it used to help these men and women who are selflessly serving for our country. And this is the thanks they get?
Men were spat upon and yelled at when returning from Viet Nam...no one cared. Now more soldiers than ever are killing themselves. I guess times don't change because no one cares now either.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Ninety-nine U.S. soldiers killed themselves last year, the highest rate of suicide in the Army in 26 years, a new report says.
More than one out of four soldiers who committed suicide did so while serving in Iraq or Afghanistan, according to a report scheduled to be released Thursday. Iraq was the most common deployment location for U.S. soldiers who either attempted suicide or committed suicide.
The report, which The Associated Press obtained ahead of its public release, said the 99 confirmed suicides among active duty soldiers compared to 88 in 2005 and was the highest raw number since the 102 suicides reported in 1991, the year of the Persian Gulf War, when there were more soldiers on active duty.
Investigations are still pending on two other deaths and if they are confirmed as suicides, the number for last year would be 101 instead of 99.
In a half million-person Army, last year's suicide toll translates to a rate of 17.3 per 100,000, the highest in the past 26 years, officials report. The rate has fluctuated over those years, with the low being 9.1 per 100,000 in 2001.
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