Army Suicides

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Soldier Suicides This Year To Top Those In 2008

AP | PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 11.17.2009 | Politics

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WASHINGTON — Soldier suicides this year are almost sure to top last year's grim totals, but a recent decline in the pace of such incidents could...

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Fort Hood Killings: No Safe Place from Invisible Wounds of War

Christine Pelosi | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics

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In the wake of the massacre there will be a tendency to say one man snapped. The truth is anyone could have snapped -- and we need to de-stigmatize PTSD and mental health before someone else does.

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Military Suicides Fuel Worry That Army Is Strained

Wall Street Journal | By YOCHI J. DREAZEN | Posted 11.03.2009 | World

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The Army's top generals worry that surging tens of thousands more troops into Afghanistan could increase the strain felt by many military personnel af...

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One Young Captain Offers Brutally Honest Account Of Dealing With Life, And Death, In Afghanistan

The Independent | Posted 09.10.2009 | World

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The Independent In the first ever unauthorised dispatch from an officer on the frontline, one young Captain offers a brutally honest account of life ...

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Franken's First Bill: Service Dogs For Vets

Huffington Post | Susan Crile | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics

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Freshman Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) announced his first legislative initiative on Monday -- a bill to provide service dogs to wounded veterans. Franke...

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Military Suicides

Joe Peyronnin | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics

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Tragically, the suicide rate among U.S. Army soldiers increased last month. In fact, Army suicides are up significantly over the previous month, and they are now on a record pace for the year.

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Why Army Suicides Continued to Rise in May, and What We Can Do

Jon Soltz | Posted 07.13.2009 | Politics

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The root causes of combat stress leading to suicide are three-fold, mostly out of the hands of our generals, and therefore must be addressed by the Federal government.

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Army Base Shuts Down After Rise In Troop Suicides

Raw Story | Posted 06.29.2009 | Politics

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The commander of Fort Campbell army base in Kentucky has ordered a three-day suspension of regular duties to focus on a spike in suicides among his tr...

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Death And Suicide At The Army's Fort Carson

Salon News | Mark Benjamin and Michael De Yoanna | Posted 03.11.2009 | Home

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Feb. 9, 2009 | FORT CARSON, Colo. -- Preventable suicides. Avoidable drug overdoses. Murders that never should have happened. Four years after Salon e...

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