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Top Reason for Soldier Suicides

A few months ago the Pentagon reported an upsurge in suicides among America’s troops, averaging nearly one a day this year – the fastest pace in the nation’s decade of war.  The 154 suicides for active-duty troops in the first 155 days of 2012 far outdistance the U.S. forces killed in action in Afghanistan – about 50 percent more – according to the Pentagon statistics.   This recent surge in suicides raised an important question that needed to be answered, “why are these brave men and women choosing to take their own life?

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