Florida Guard has sent about 9,000 troops to Iraq and Afghanistan

The Florida Guard has sent about 9,000 troops to Iraq and Afghanistan, many on repeated and ever longer deployments. They include Brevard County men and women who serve in such Central Florida-based units as the 2nd Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment and 164th Air Defense Artillery Brigade.

Our view: Preventing GI suicides

National Guard program badly needed step to stop tragic trend of Iraq-Afghanistan wars

The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are bloody, brutal and have no end in sight.

The brave troops who continue fighting them have gone back on repeated combat tours, facing roadside bombs, heavily armed insurgents and terrorists.

More than 4,000 have died and 30,000 have been wounded with tens of thousands more coming home emotionally traumatized to face failed relationships, divorce, financial troubles and unemployment.

For a growing number, it's too much.
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