talking about it and bringing it into the open are one thing

now you (and we. they are OUR soldiers after all) MUST ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING about it

oh and a half hour behavioral evaluation on web cam AIN'T gonna do it

Army's record suicide rate 'horrible,' general says
Despite high total, awareness campaign shows signs of helping

By Ann Scott Tyson

Washington Post Staff Writer

Army Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli on Tuesday called the Army's record suicide rate this year "horrible" and said the problem of soldiers taking their own lives is the toughest he has faced in his 37 years in service.

As of Nov. 16, 140 soldiers on active duty and 71 soldiers not on active duty were suspected to have committed suicide. "We are almost certainly going to end the year higher than last year," which was also a record for Army suicides, Chiarelli said at a Pentagon news conference.

"This is horrible," he said. "Every single loss is devastating."

However, Chiarelli, who has made suicide prevention a priority, said that despite the high total, the monthly suicide rate has largely declined since March.......

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