Fort Hood had 7 confirmed suicides in 5 months

Fort Hood reflects Army’s increase in suicides
Dallas Morning News
By David Tarrant
June 12, 2012

Fort Hood, one of the nation’s largest military bases, has had seven confirmed suicides through the first five months of 2012, a spokesman at the base said. Fort Hood, located in central Texas about 150 miles south of Dallas, is on pace to eclipse last year’s total of 10 suicides, reflecting a nationwide trend.

A study by the Associated Press found that through May, U.S. active-duty troops averaged nearly one suicide a day – 154 suicides in the first 155 days of the year — a faster pace than at any time since the nation went to war after the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001.
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