In 2012, there were more suicides than combat deaths among the ranks of the Army, according to Stars and Stripes.

According to a report from the Department of the Army, the 303 suicides among active duty, reserve and National Guard soldiers through November was significantly greater than the 212 killed in Afghanistan through Dec. 7.

From Stars and Stripes:

The trajectory for soldier suicides keeps getting worse.

With a month left in the year, the Army set a grim new record with 177 potential active-duty cases.

Last year, there were 165 confirmed suicides, which was also a record. Among Army Reserve and Guard soldiers potentially 126 took their own lives, up from 118 in all of 2011.

This article appears in Dec 27, 2012 – Jan 2, 2013.

2 replies on “There Were More Soldier Suicides Than Deaths in Combat in 2012”

  2. this poses more questions than answers: most press reports of GIs interviewed say it’s too soon to leave, or it was worth it to be in Afghanistan. Our weaponry is far superior, this I am convinced of – so – why the suicides? Stop loss? Spinning the same GIs back and forth? I don’t recall that policy in Vietnam or Korea or WWII as a factor. Ten years is too damn long. Period. I don’t know the land, but wonder why we couldn’t use “fuel bombs” more effectively. Don’t trust the mass media, we are NOT getting the full picture. What’s missing?

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