8 Marines committed suicide in July

MILITARY: Eight Marine suicides raise year's total to 32
By MARK WALKER

Eight active-duty Marines took their own lives in July, raising the number of troop suicides so far this year to 32 ---- the same number recorded in the Corps in all of 2011.

An additional 12 Marines attempted suicide last month, raising that figure for the year to 113 compared with 163 for all of 2011, according to the latest report from the service's suicide prevention program.

The report doesn't say where the Marine suicides in July took place.

Officials with the suicide prevention program were not available for comment Friday.

The pace of self-inflicted deaths this year is an indication that a variety of outreach and monitoring efforts are not meeting with success.

Bill Rider, a former Marine who counsels current and former Marines through the American Combat Veterans of War organization he founded, said the latest figures are beyond troubling.

"It's horrible," Rider said.
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