ARMY VICE CHIEF - Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli discusses newly released statistics on Army suicides for last year during a press conference at the Pentagon, Jan. 19, 2011. Army Reserve Chief Lt. Gen. Jack C. Stultz, left, joined Chiarelli. DOD photo by R. D. WardMore Guard, Reserve Soldiers Are Committing Suicide -- The Danger Room
Citizen soldiers are killing themselves at record rates, the Army announced on Wednesday. Last year, 145 Army Reservists and National Guardsmen committed suicide, compared with 65 suicide deaths across the entire Guard and Reserves in 2009. Worse, Army leaders aren’t entirely sure what’s caused the increase.
Gen. Peter Chiarelli, the Army’s deputy chief of staff and its point person on suicide prevention, told reporters at the Pentagon that there were 343 suicides amongst active and reserve soldiers, Army civilians and family members last year. The number of active-duty suicides in 2010, 156, declined by 6 from 2009, indicating what Chiarelli called the “modest success” of Army suicide-prevention efforts. But 101 Guardsmen took their lives last year, an increase of 53 from 2009, as did 44 reservists, an increase of 12.
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More News On The increase Of Suicides In The U.S. Military
Suicide rates double in Army Reserve and National Guard (Video) -- Washington Post
Suicides Still A Problem for U.S. Army -- ABC News
Army to report rise in National Guard, Reserve suicides -- CNN
Suicides nearly double among Army guardsmen, reservists -- Stars And Stripes
Suicides Still Plague US Army -- Voice of America
Suicides Spike Among Army National Guard, Reservists -- FOX News
My Comment: This is scandalous .... but not surprising. War has an impact that lasts a life time .... a sad situation in which we all know will result in vet suicides increasing with time.
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