(CNSNews.com) – The number of suicides among U.S. Army active duty and reserve personnel in 2012 is higher than the total combined military fatalities from Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan over the same timeframe.
Even without Army data for October, the number of deaths believed to be suicides among U.S. Army personnel from January through September still surpass the combined military combat deaths in Afghanistan from January up to October 22.
In 2012, there have been a total of 247 suspected suicides among Army active and reserve duty personnel. Of those, 158 have been confirmed as suicides and 89 remain under investigation.
According to the Afghanistan Index database maintained by the Brookings Institution, there have been 222 combined military deaths in 2012 among active and reserve components from “hostile causes,” as of Sept. 28. (p. 11 Figure 1.17)
An additional 40 military fatalities were the result of “non-hostile causes,” which means they were fatalities not caused by the Taliban, insurgency forces or Afghan forces – so-called “green-on-blue” attacks.
Read More at cnsnews.com . By Patrick Burke.
Photo credit: The U.S. Army (Creative Commons)
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In basic and advance training they are trained to kill …..when they are let out, they find that the goverment lied to them about taking care of them…heard on the last debate where Obama was bragging about how well the troops were being cared for……..if this was the case, they would have a course to teach them how to get rid of the kill commands they were brain washed in…they would not be mailing out for donations to help the wounded warriors, or asking for your used clothing, living on the streets, no jobs…..oh yea, barry, you are really taking care of the troops…….to long of tours and and to much combat will break anyone.