Military Facts
- Rand Corporation study released in April 2008 showed
- Since October 2001 about 1.6 Million troops have deployed to wars in Afghanistan and Iraq
- Nearly 30 percent of those returning-300,000 in all-reported symptoms of PTSD
- Only slightly more than half have sought treatment
- We lose 30-35 Veterans everyday to suicide!!
Suicides jump sharply among Army Reservist, Guardsmen
Suicides among active-duty soldiers dropped in 2010 for first
Time in five years, but the number of Reservists and National
Guard members who killed themselves nearly doubled, leaving
Army officials scrambling to find ways to gain control of a
Suicide crisis that’s defying the Pentagon’s investment in prevention programs.
Posted 28 Jan 2011
By Nancy A. Youssef
McClatchy News Service