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Tuesday, October 1, 2013

August Army suicides bring total to 208 so far in 2013

UPDATE It looks like we have not been told the truth on military suicides yet again. The DOD report says that there were 208 for 2013 but read this,
Since the start of 2013, some 219 Soldiers have committed suicide Army-wide, Champlain said, putting it into context by saying, "about the entire size of the 1st Military Intelligence Battalion. (Ready and Resilient: Joining together to help prevent suicide Karl Weisel, USAG Wiesbaden, September 30, 2013)

They keep pushing the programming that caused most of this in the first place.
Army Releases August 2013 Suicide Information
No. 696-13
October 01, 2013

The Army released suicide data today for the month of August 2013. During August, among active-duty Soldiers, there were 12 potential suicides: 2 have been confirmed as suicides and 10 remain under investigation.

For July 2013, the Army reported 19 potential suicides among active-duty Soldiers: three have been confirmed as suicides and 16 are under investigation.

For CY 2013, there have been 106 potential active-duty suicides: 51 have been confirmed as suicides and 55 remain under investigation.

Updated active-duty suicide numbers for CY 2012: 185 (171 have been confirmed as suicides and 14 remain under investigation).

During August 2013, among reserve component Soldiers who were not on active duty, there were 8 potential suicides (5 Army National Guard and 3 Army Reserve): 1 has been confirmed as a suicide and 7 remain under investigation.

For July 2013, among that same group, the Army reported 8 potential suicides; however, subsequent to the report, 2 more cases were added bringing July’s total to 10 (8 Army National Guard and 2 Army Reserve): 3 have been confirmed as suicides and seven cases remain under investigation.

For CY 2013, there have been 102 potential not on active duty suicides (66 Army National Guard and 36 Army Reserve): 70 have been confirmed as suicides and 32 remain under investigation.

Updated not on active duty suicide numbers for CY 2012: 140 (93 Army National Guard and 47 Army Reserve): 138 have been confirmed as suicides and two remain under investigation.

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