4 Marines committed suicide in July, 13 more attempted it

MILITARY: Four Marine Corps suicides recorded in July

July's four suicides came after five Marines killed themselves in June.

By MARK WALKER mlwalker@nctimes.com
Posted: Friday, August 5, 2011

Four U.S. Marines took their own lives in July, raising the service's number of suicides recorded in 2011 to 21.

An additional 13 troops attempted suicide, raising that number for the year to 107, according to the latest figures from the Marine Corps' Suicide Prevention Program.

The Marine Corps has launched a wide array of outreach and counseling efforts at Camp Pendleton and all its bases in recent years, and instituted mandatory suicide prevention training in response to a growing rate of self-inflicted deaths since the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq were launched.
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Four Marine Corps suicides recorded in July