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: liveonearth (liveonearth) wrote,
2013-01-15 10:06:00

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liveonearth
2013-01-15 10:06:00

Military Suicides Booming

The Pentagon began tracking active duty military suicides in 2001. They begin rising in 2006, soared in 2009 then leveled. Military suicides hit a record high in 2012. Exceeded combat deaths in Afghanistan in 2012. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta calls it an epidemic. All branches are suffering.

Tags: afghanistan, army, death, depression, meaning, military, pain, suicide

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Military Suicides Booming

People from a strange race all look the same

The Problem with Democracy: We are Horny, Greedy and Cruel

Poem OTD: Treasure the Ordinary

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