Washington) - in a suicide soldiers in active service on July more than doubled, from June accelerated the whole army trend, this year has prompted the pentagon leaders redouble our efforts, in order to solve a perplexing problem.
The army, this is the only problem suicide monthly said in a statement to the press, 26 active duty soldiers killed in July, compared with June 12 military branch. July general any month the highest since the army began from 2009 in monthly report of suicide, according to lieutenant colonel, army spokesman lisa Garcia.
The marines in July 8 suicide, from June 6. July is the highest in 2012 were pushed for a month so far this year, a total of 32 - all of the Marine corps in 2011 is equal to the total. The marines in July is posted on its web site, but first provide to the Associated Press.
The air force says it has six, July is June. Navy on July 4, but its June number is immediately available.
The army's suicide toll has more than any other part of the service, because it is greatly higher than the marines, the navy and air force. The army also have more members in a fight, in the past ten years. This is in the army of Iraq, and today the advantage of Afghanistan.
For in July 2012, army soldiers in active service ZhongLu 116 suicide. If you keep the speed, to December a year will have a total of close to 200, with 2011 in 167.
"Suicide is in my 37 years in the army of the face the toughest enemy, said:" the general Lloyd j. Austin three, army deputy chief of staff, who is to take the lead he service efforts, try to stop a surge of suicide.
"However, I don't believe that suicide is preventable," said Austin. "In order to deal with it effectively will need to complex solutions, aims to help people establish elastic and strengthen to deal with their life skills."
In the military suicide is considered to be the cumulative stress combat duty, but is also considered and a series of other pressures, such as marriage and financial problems and health problems.
26 soldiers in active service, and they promise in July to commit suicide, it is male, only two people, according to the army's public affairs office figures. 13 people get married, 10 single, three divorce. The deployment of 26 and history of the digital display, six never deployment, already deployed one to three times, and a already deployed six times.
So far this year, the number of suicide in military surge beyond expectations, in view of the operational deployment has started to slow pace. Defense closely tracking the entire military suicide, but figures, but once a year. The Associated Press in June for defense internal documents revealed that had a year in the first 155 days, 154 suicide, although June 3. This marks the fastest speed in the national ten years war active suicide.
The survivors of the tragedy of the aid program, private agencies and provide military personnel and their families support, said emotional upset military members of the counseling, and other forms of care is often too little, too late.
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