U.S. Military Suicides in 2012: 155 Days, 154 Dead

This is a discussion on U.S. Military Suicides in 2012: 155 Days, 154 Dead within the XDTalk Chatter Box forums, part of the XD Talk category; Combat is hard on a lot of people, but never more than the persons actually experiencing/carrying-out the action(s). Generally speaking, the American people are in ...

Today, 12:20 PM	? #1
XDTalk 1K Member ? Member #: 47428 Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 1,418	U.S. Military Suicides in 2012: 155 Days, 154 Dead Combat is hard on a lot of people, but never more than the persons actually experiencing/carrying-out the action(s). Generally speaking, the American people are in love with the romantic idea of the military with men and women being strong, independent, and saviours. They don't want to hear of the reality of going to war to include the psychological results. It's a damn shame. U.S. Military Suicides in 2012: 155 Days, 154 Dead | Battleland | TIME.com Quote: New Pentagon data show U.S. troops are killing themselves at the rate of nearly one a day so far in 2012, 18% above 2011?s corresponding toll. ?The continual rise in the suicide rate has frustrated all in the military,? says Elspeth ?Cam? Ritchie, a retired Army colonel and chief psychiatric adviser to the Army surgeon general. ?The rise in the suicide rate continues despite numerous recommendations from the Army and DoD task forces.? IMHO, the numbers are increasing because the DoD, military branches, and VA/government entities want to do what's cheapest and not what the personnel require. I see it similar to the large corporations that find it cheaper to settle in court any injuries that are the result of a design failure rather than actually fix the product.
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Today, 12:57 PM	? #2
XDTalk 100 Member ? Member #: 68929 Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 424	Have any stats to compare this to? "One a day" sounds terrible, but when you think about the US population and the number of troops, it isn't that shocking. How many machinists, accountants, or McDonalds employees kill themselves a day? __________________ Ruger 10/22 Ruger SR40c Ruger GP100 stainless 4" "I'd rather have 6 for sure than 14 maybe" - Massad Ayoob
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Today, 01:07 PM	? #3
XDTalk 1K Member ? Member #: 39723 Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 1,044	Suicide was a big thing while I was in the military even before 9/11 and the ensuing war. People were killing themselves in basic training. People were killing themselves in Tech school. People were killing themselves left and right. I think we had suicide prevention / awareness training almost every year I was in. People didn't want to be there, they missed their families, they were in debt, they weren't happy they didn't get their first choice of station, it was just "too hard", there were tons of reasons. I could only see the stress of serving in combat, stop loss and everything else that goes along with it making it even that much worse so no surprise there! It is a shame though!
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Today, 02:14 PM	? #4
XDTalk Newbie ? Member #: 71746 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Virginia Posts: 24	Quote: IMHO, the numbers are increasing because the DoD, military branches, and VA/government entities want to do what's cheapest and not what the personnel require. I see it similar to the large corporations that find it cheaper to settle in court any injuries that are the result of a design failure rather than actually fix the product. What is you HO based on?
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Today, 03:45 PM	? #5
XDTalk 10K Member ? Member #: 21433 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: South Jefferson Posts: 10,852	Compared to the number of suicides total in the U.S., that number is statistically insignificant. 84 a day. 155 days, 13,020 suicides. Perhaps the military aren't the ones we should be looking at.
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