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For every soldier killed on the battlefield this year, about 25 veterans commit suicide.

http://nyti.ms/HJF1rL



Study: 13% of deployed Marines consider suicide

More than one in 10 Marines who deployed overseas reported having suicidal thoughts or plans to attempt suicide, according to a study looking at suicidal predictors.

http://is.gd/8j9wdQ



Suicides among U.S. troops averaging one a day in 2012

Suicides are surging among America s troops, averaging nearly one a day this year, the fastest pace in the nation's decade of war.

http://is.gd/OV1Rln



One in 10 prisoners is a former soldier, new research reveals

As redundancy looms for many in the services, supporters are urging they be given more help.

http://is.gd/xm8jSW


From Information Clearing House

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Veteran Suicides: A Predictable Epidemic

Rae Abileah, AlterNet: ''Last month I was riding BART to SF and read a statistic in TIME: 18 veterans die by suicide every day, that s one every 80 minutes. As the subway pulled up to my stop, I saw a large poster advertising the Out of the Darkness Overnight Walk to break the silence about depression and suicide. Then a couple of weeks later, Newsweek ran a feature story on veteran suicide.... So now that our troops are actually coming home from Iraq, many are killing themselves. Why?''

http://truth-out.org/news/item/9808-veteran-suicide-a-predictable-epidemic



Novelist Uses Fiction to Depict War s True Aftermath

Eleanor J. Bader, Truthout: ''Kristin Hannah s twentieth book, the novel 'Home Front,' zooms in on the aftermath of war by telling a deceptively simple story. In it, Jolene Zarkades, a member of the National Guard and a wife and mother of two, is called to Iraq. The narrative not only charts her 2005 deployment to Balat, but also describes her life in country. It further chronicles her return home after devastating arm, leg and facial injuries, compounded by PTSD, make it impossible for her to continue fighting.''

http://truth-out.org/opinion/item/8698-home-front-the-aftermath-of-war



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