American Military Suicide Rates

News seems to continue building about the rate of U.S. soldier suicide versus combat deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan.

[Rep. Rush D. Holt, a New Jersey Democrat] said a fuller reckoning of the number of suicides among military personnel and veterans is needed not so much to tell lawmakers and the public that there is a problem — that, he says, they know. Rather, it is needed to more accurately gauge the extent to which programs to help troubled troops are having an effect.

US Soldier Suicide Rate
‘american kills’ by chilean-born new york based artist sebastian errazuriz

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