Military Suicides Spike
Military suicides have risen this year to a rate of nearly one a day.
Military suicides have spiked this year, rising to a rate of nearly one a day so far, according to a Los Angeles Times report. According to the Pentagon, 154 soldiers took their own lives in the first 155 days of 2012 -- more than were killed in combat in Afghanistan during the same period. The 154 suicides so far this year represent an 18-percent increase over the same period in 2011, a 25 percent increase over the same period in 2010, and a 16-percent increase over the same period in 2009 -- the worst year on record for military suicides. Although most service members who commit suicide have not deployed, Army studies have found that multiple deployments -- common since the War on Terror began -- are a high risk factor, the Times …
