Military Suicides

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• Suicide Saturday Data

  
  walkofthefallen.com — Authority: 129
  I am a bit late—-I was busy making candles all day yesterday. My apologies to the families impacted by military suicides. This is the information the DOD released for the month of November: The Army released suicide data for the month of November today. Among active-duty soldiers, there were 12 potential ...
  1 day ago

• Lawmakers Ask Obama to Offer Condolences to Families of Military Suicides

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 464
  A bipartisan coalition of 44 House members is asking President Obama to begin sending condolence letters to the families of military service personnel who commit suicide.
  5 days ago

• By all accounts he was a good soldier, then committed suicide

  
  Wounded Times — Authority: 144
  Families are franticly searching for ways to help but find little hope as they watch someone they love get to the point they can find no hope things will get better tomorrow. How can they? When the... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  1 week ago

• Veterans cost less when they die

  
  Wounded Times — Authority: 144
  Veterans cost less when they diebyChaplain KathieThere has been a feeling among veterans they are treated the way they are because they cost the government less if they just die than if they... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  2 weeks ago

• Army suicides up fifth straight year

  
  The Political Carnival — Authority: 657
  Just awful. Im surprised so many that havent deployed commit suicide. WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- The U.S. Army is reporting the fifth straight year of increased suicides among active duty and reserve components of the service branch. The Defense Department report published Friday, said the 147 suicides through ...
  2 weeks ago

• Protocol may change on condolence letters to families of troops after suicide

  
  Wounded Times — Authority: 144
  Military condolence letter review to conclude shortlyBy Elaine Quijano, CNNDecember 10, 2009 4:56 p.m. ESTSTORY HIGHLIGHTSProtocol dates to Clinton administration; some families think it needs... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  2 weeks ago

• Sign Those Letters, Mr. President

  
  walkofthefallen.com — Authority: 129
  Ever since Clinton sat in the Oval Office, there has been a policy in place to not send letters of condolences to the survivors of military members who die by suicide. I am personally repulsed by this policy. And I don’t understand it at all; my father was a Korean veteran and he killed himself for completely ...
  2 weeks ago

• When a soldier kills himself, no letter from any President

  
  Wounded Times — Authority: 144
  This has been one more heartache for the families who stood by as their family member was laid to rest as if they should have anything to be ashamed of. The practice of not sending letters of... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  4 weeks ago

• Mom Befriends Wife of PTSD Vet Charged With Murder

  
  Wounded Times — Authority: 144
  Mom Befriends Wife of PTSD Vet Charged With MurderBy THE ASSOCIATED PRESSPublished: November 25, 2009HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa. (AP) -- When the envelope arrived, Windy Horner was talking with her... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  4 weeks ago

• U.S. soldiers struggle with torment of war

  
  Wounded Times — Authority: 144
  Have you ever gotten the idea in your head that there was help available for whatever youre facing? For our soldiers, that idea is always there but until they start to look for help, they never... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  4 weeks ago

• You Know How You Think, “It’s Not THAT Bad”….And Then It Is Worse?

  
  walkofthefallen.com — Authority: 129
  Today I went to a fund-raising brunch for Mike Weinstein, the founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation.I had eagerly looked forward to this, I had been a regular monthly contributor to the cause; not a big check, but faithfully written every month. I knew military members were exposed to constant pressure ...
  5 weeks ago

• Vietnam Vet Stages Hunger Strike in Front of White House to Raise Awareness About PTSD

  
  BuzzFlash.net: published — Authority: 462
  Since Veterans Day, Thomas E. Mahany, a 62-year-old Vietnam War veteran, has been on a hunger strike in front of the White House to raise awareness about post-traumatic stress disorder and protest the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Mahany recently wrote a letter to President Obama calling on him to "withdraw our ...
  5 weeks ago

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