Special Operations Suicides Prompts General to Share

High Suicide Rate Prompts Spec Ops Leader to Go Public
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By Jennifer G. Hickey
Tuesday, 10 Mar 2015

Special Operations Command's Gen. Joseph Votel.

(TSgt Angelita Lawrence - USSOCOM)

Despite a decline in the number of suicides among members of the military's special operations community, the rate remains among the highest in the military, which prompted the leader of Special Operations Command to publicly disclose he and his family had sought counseling, reports The Daily Beast.

"I have, with my family, sought counseling and assistance. I did it an earlier time in my career, but it's been since 9/11, and I encourage everybody to do that," Special Operations Command's Gen. Joseph Votel admitted during a recent conference.

According to figures provided to The Daily Beast, the number of suicides fell from a high of 23 in 2012, to 18 last year.
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The reports were in the news last year.

U.S. special forces struggle with record suicides

U.S. special forces struggle with record suicides even after all these years of the DOD saying they were taking care of the men and women serving this country. Even after suicides and attempted suicides went up. Even after even the "toughest" of the tough suffered. Anyone know what is going to change? How to change it? Who is accountable for it?

Special Forces: commandos are committing suicide at a record pace this year
Consider this. If the DOD and the Pentagon "efforts" to prevent suicides did not even prevent them in Special Forces, why did they keep doing it? Why did they keep saying that "most had not been deployed" when they were all trained with Comprehensive Solider Fitness? Why did they say the numbers were down when in fact the number of enlisted also went down leaving less to count?

The original news report is still up and running.

Suicide Rise in Special Ops Spurs Call for Review

Concerned with the increase in commandos taking their own lives, a subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee is calling for the Pentagon to review Department of Defense efforts regarding suicide prevention among members of the Special Operations Forces and their dependents.