Troops And Suicide Rates
Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2012 1:53 pm
I wonder what the Canadian stats are. In the US it's reported that more soldiers have died from suicide than from battle.
According to findings released on Thursday by the US Department of Defense, the suicide rate for active duty soldiers so far in 2012 is around one per day. In just the first 155 days of the year, 154 soldiers have committed suicide, a statistic only made more ghastly by comparing it to the number of American troops killed by insurgency this year — the website iCasualties.org reports that only 139 US soldiers died in battle this year.
One death-a-day: Military suicides reach terrifying rate — RT
The mother of one Canadian is demanding an inquiry into the callousness of Canadian Forces towards her son.
Langridge hanged himself on March 15, 2008, and his body was left in place for four hours while investigators documented and searched through everything in the room.
Soldier's mother wonders whether showing suicide video was worth it
The investigation has to do with negligence on the part of the CF recognizing soldiers in distress as well as their handling of the event. Langridge's suicide note was withheld from his parents for 14 months.
According to findings released on Thursday by the US Department of Defense, the suicide rate for active duty soldiers so far in 2012 is around one per day. In just the first 155 days of the year, 154 soldiers have committed suicide, a statistic only made more ghastly by comparing it to the number of American troops killed by insurgency this year — the website iCasualties.org reports that only 139 US soldiers died in battle this year.
One death-a-day: Military suicides reach terrifying rate — RT
The mother of one Canadian is demanding an inquiry into the callousness of Canadian Forces towards her son.
Langridge hanged himself on March 15, 2008, and his body was left in place for four hours while investigators documented and searched through everything in the room.
Soldier's mother wonders whether showing suicide video was worth it
The investigation has to do with negligence on the part of the CF recognizing soldiers in distress as well as their handling of the event. Langridge's suicide note was withheld from his parents for 14 months.