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Army Suicides Rise In October

Source: Think Progress, Nov 16 2012, 9:16am CST

According to yesterday’s U.S Army press release, up to 20 active-duty soldiers committed suicide during the month of October. The Army includes confirmed suicides and cases of death in which suicide is suspected in its total. October’s numbers are slight ...

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12 hours ago

Southington grad named Soldier of the Year

Source: New Britain Herald  |   May 17 2013, 10:31pm CDT

SOUTHINGTON — Army National Guard Specialist Rachel Blanchette, a 2007 Southington High School graduate, has been named Soldier of the Year for the 10,000-member New York Army National Guard. Blanchette, who lives in Pa ...

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21 hours ago

Guest column: Support is vital for our guard and reserve families

Source: Utica Source/Advisor Newspaper  |   May 17 2013, 12:49pm CDT

Recently I had the privilege of speaking to the National Research Summit on Reserve Component Families, held at the University of Michigan. This gathering of experts and advocates from around the nation spent ...

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26 weeks ago


Quote:
"Suicide is the toughest enemy I have faced in my 37 years in the Army."


Source: Think Progress

 
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22 hours ago

U.S. Soldier Gets Life In Prison Over Iraq Killings

Source: GlobalSecurity.org  |   May 17 2013, 11:53am CDT

An American soldier convicted of killing five of his colleagues in Iraq in May 2009 has been sentenced to life in prison. A military court in the northwestern state of Washington handed down the sentence to Army Sergeant ...

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23 hours ago

More Americans Committing Suicide than During the Great Depression

Source: Global Research  |   May 17 2013, 11:32am CDT

Higher Numbers of Americans Take Their Lives than During the Depths of the Great Depression Suicide rates are tied to the economy. A new report issued today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds that the ...

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1 day ago

Misreporting of suicide after the L'Aquila earthquake

Source: British Medical Journal  |   May 17 2013, 9:50am CDT

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1 day ago

Robert David Jaffee: Shedding Stigma of Mental Illness Within the Military

Source: The Huffington Post  |   May 17 2013, 9:35am CDT

While the Obama Administration fends off bad news over its handling of the Benghazi tragedy, the IRS's enhanced scrutiny of conservative groups, and the Justice Department's snooping on the phone calls of AP reporters, the military continues to ree ...

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1 day ago

Funeral Held for NY Soldier Killed in Afghanistan

Source: The Epoch Times  |   May 17 2013, 9:07am CDT

MERIDIAN, N.Y.âRelatives and friends gathered for the funeral for a soldier from New York’s Finger Lakes region killed in Afghanistan. The ceremony for 28-year-old Army Staff Sgt. Francis Gene Phillips IV was held at Auburn United Method ...

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Army combat stress expert gets life sentence for shooting 5 soldiers in Iraq

Source: Washington Times  |   May 17 2013, 6:45am CDT

An Army sergeant who worked at a combat stress clinic in Iraq but went on a rampage and killed five colleagues in 2009 was sentenced to life in prison without parole. Sgt. John Russell was found guilty of premedita ...

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US soldier gets life without parole for killing 5 at base

Source: MSNBC  |   May 17 2013, 3:58am CDT

Jessica Rinaldi / Russell family via Reuters, file Sgt. John Russell was sentenced to life in prison without parole for killing five fellow service members at a base in Iraq in 2009. An Army sergeant was sentenced Thursday to life ...

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