Army Major featured in People Magazine shines light on military suicides

It is wonderful this Major is talking about it along with his wife. What is not wonderful is the fact no one in the military seems to understand that since suicides have gone up along with attempted suicides, what they are doing is NOT WORKING!

Local Army Major shines light on military suicides
WQAD News
February 12, 2013
by Rebecca Smith

"The army’s suicide rate climbed nine-percent since a prevention campaign was launched in 2009."

A local Army man is speaking out on military suicides and getting national attention.

People Magazine recently did a feature on Army Major Jeff Hall, of Davenport, as a way to address the growing epidemic that’s got military leaders looking for answers.

Pencil and paper help Hall sort through the images that cloud his head after two tours in Iraq. Drawings, some of which are gruesome, illustrate his struggle with post-traumatic stress disorder.

“It’s very therapeutic just to get it out,” said Hall.

This hidden talent may never have been discovered.

“I hated everything, I hated myself and that level of hate paralyzed me,” he said.

Hall’s wife of more than 20 years, Sheri, still remembers the day she feared the worst would happen five years ago.

“When he said he didn’t want to live anymore, he wanted to die,” said Hall. “Two deployments to Iraq and I’d never feared for his life.”

It’s a reality that hits home with a lot of military members.
According to the Department of Defense, more soldiers died from suicide in 2012 than from combat. read more here