2012 Will Be a ‘Tough Year’ For Military Suicides

Marine Commandant: 2012 Will Be a ‘Tough Year’ For Military Suicides
By Edwin Mora
August 29, 2012
(CNSNews.com)
Marine Corps Commandant Gen. James Amos, speaking at the National Press Club (NPC) in Washington, D.C., said that despite efforts to “abate” the problem, he expects 2012 will be a “tough year” for military suicides in “all the services.”

Amos cited a decline in the suicide rate for combat veterans of the Marine Corps before making those comments.

“What are you doing to address the alarming suicide rate among our combat veterans?” the event’s moderator asked the general, reading off pre-written questions from the NPC luncheon’s audience open to club members, reporters, and the general public.

“Even with the attention of the leadership, I think all the services this year are feeling it, and I guess what I would tell everybody here is there is through no shortage of great effort and leadership on the part of all the services to try to abate this, but this year I think is going to be a tough year for all the services,” said the top Marine corps officer.
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