DoD leaders seek clues to Army suicide spike

These are the same people able to develop all kinds of means to kill. Aren't they? Then how is it these same people cannot figure out what advocates already know? Too bad they don't read my blog or any of the others out there that have the answers they're looking for. If they turn to the same people that already "advised" them, they will only get the same answers.

DoD leaders seek clues to Army suicide spike
By William H. McMichael - Staff writer
Posted : Wednesday Feb 11, 2009 14:42:37 EST

Defense officials acknowledged Tuesday that it is the “cumulative effect” of repeated deployments that have stressed the U.S. military.

What the Pentagon now wants to determine is whether those stressors are responsible for the reported increase in Army suicides last month.

The Army, which has borne the brunt of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, announced seven confirmed suicides in January, and as many as 24 soldiers may have killed themselves. The Army also reported a 25 percent increase in suicides in 2008 over the previous year. Last year was the fourth consecutive year that the number of Army suicides rose.

“The uptick, most recently, in suicide — very troubling,” said Marine Corps Gen. James Cartwright, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs, during a Pentagon news conference. “We’re trying to understand that, for the Army. This is the first time that the Army has come up to the level of its counterpart, the civilian sector, so to speak. click link for more