From Veterans For Common Sense quote:
By Ann Scott Tyson
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, February 25, 2005; Page A19
The Marine Corps suffered a 29 percent spike in suicides last year, reaching the highest number in at least a decade, with the demanding pace of military operations likely contributing to the deaths, the top-ranking U.S. Marine said yesterday.
Thirty-one Marines committed suicide in 2004, all of them enlisted men, not commissioned officers. The majority were younger than 25 and took their lives with gunshot wounds, according to Marine statistics. Another 83 Marines attempted suicide. There were 24 suicides in 2003, and there have not been more than 29 in any year in the last 10.
The whole story can be found
here. Are we asking to much of our soldiers - and why? for what? What is the true purpose of our military? Are we asking these questions, or do we ignore it and thank God it's not us who have to suffer such burdens.
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