“The Pentagon said this week there were 349 suicides by active-duty members of the armed services in 2012, as opposed to 311 combat deaths. Before you jump to conclusions about the plight of battle- traumatized veterans failing to readjust to life stateside, consider this astounding fact: More than half of troops who killed themselves had never deployed from the U.S., and 85 percent never saw combat.”
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-15/pentagon-needs-battle-plan-for-troop-suicide-threat.html
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