According to the US Army officials, soldier suicide rate this year may beat the record rate of last year. The officials urged the military leaders to double prevention efforts for the soldiers.
During this year, 62 confirmed suicide cases were found in active duty soldiers, Guard and Reserve troops who were called to active duty. Another 31 deaths seem suicide cases but they are still being investigated.
“If all these are found confirmed suicide cases, they would surpass the 115 suicide cases during the last year and even per 100,000 rate would beat the civilian population rate,” says Col. Eddie Stephens who is deputy director of human resource policy.
