Suicide Rate Among US Soldiers Highest in 28 Years
Thursday, February 5th, 2009CNN is reporting that 24 US soldiers are believed to have committed suicide in January 2009 alone, six times the amount of suicides in January of last year. In 2008 the Army confirmed that 128 soldiers committed suicide, the highest annual rate ever recorded since the Pentagon started tracking the statistic 28 years ago.
“This is terrifying,” an Army official said. “We do not know what is going on.”
Army officials have said that they are taking action with new training and mental health programs designed to help soldiers cope with the hardships of war. Read the full story here.
