A worse statistic

Enough about the whole 'On Notice Board' thing for a moment. I promise it will get less and less frequent once it fills up. I have to take this opportunity to address another horrible example of how the US Army does not seem to care about the mental health of any of its soldiers. A record setting month was set last month with 24 US soldiers committed suicide in January. That figure is six times higher than January 2008.

This is what happens when you force soldiers to go back to war three or four times for extended periods of time. Asking them and in most cases forcing them to do so raises the obvious risks of feeling hopeless and depressed. Yet while the Army has drill sergeants to stay safe, medical physicians to stay healthy, and a cook to keep them full, they lack the psychological support they need in a war zone. Not to mention there must be a stigma of getting any kind of help or showing any sign of weakness. I think that these men and women are the bravest in the world and they deserve only the very best we can give them.

Oh and that worse statistic I mentioned... like I said in January 24 soldiers committed suicide and in the same month 16 solders died in combat.

More soldiers committed suicide than died in battle in January 2009.