Sixteen active-duty soldiers and six reservists committed suicide in September

Is this good news? Yes but that depends on how you read it. It also depends on if they were part of your family or not.

Army suicides decline for second consecutive month
By CHRIS CARROLL
Published: October 14, 2011
Stars and Stripes coverage of suicide in the military
WASHINGTON – Sixteen active-duty soldiers and six reservists apparently took their own lives in September, the second month of decline in suicide numbers since a record high in July, according to Army figures released Friday.

Four of the September cases have been confirmed as suicide while 18 remain under investigation, the Pentagon said. Twenty-nine Army suicides were reported in August, down from 33 in July, the highest toll since the Army began releasing the figures in 2009.
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