2 Points

As Suicides Climb, a Search for 'Why?' (www.military.com)

"Do you think that God's going to send me to hell for killing innocent people?" former Sgt. Joshua Barber asked his wife one day last summer. Kelly Barber tried to reassure her distraught husband.... More

Tags: us military,us soldiers,mental health,suicides,iraq,combat tours,veterans,mental illness

Submitted 2 days ago by robertharding on OurTroops | 0 Comments |

3 Points

U.S. Still Losing a Brigade's Worth of Vets Every Year to Suicide (www.alternet.org)

It’s Veteran’s Day and exactly a week since Obama’s exhilarating victory. I know that I, like so many others, am filled with soaring hope and feeling expansive. In truth, so many Americans have... More

Tags: tmc,alternet,suicides,us military,us troops,veterans

Submitted 21 days ago by robertharding on OurTroops | 0 Comments |

3 Points

Out of harm's way, hurt can linger (www.democratandchronicle.com)

The number of suicides among Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans is reported to be 120 each week — and may exceed the combat death toll. This comes directly from the U.S. government's top psychiatric... More

Tags: iraq,afghanistan,veterans,suicides,us government,psychiatric research,iraq veterans,depression,anxiety,ptsd,combat stress,deployments

Submitted about 1 month ago by robertharding on PTSD | 0 Comments |

2 Points

Sen. requests investigation into Army suicides (www.militarytimes.com)

Sen. John Cornyn is asking the Army for an independent investigation into a string of suicides among recruiters from the same Houston-based battalion. Cornyn, a member of the Senate Armed Services... More

Tags: sen john cornyn,us army,suicides,houston,senate armed services committee,army secretary pete green,mental health

Submitted about 1 month ago by robertharding on OurTroops | 0 Comments |

3 Points

Soldier bore invisible scars that made safe return a mirage (www.orlandosentinel.com)

Friends and family have been coming to the Oviedo home of Peter and Sibille Pritchard all week. Between the long hugs and consoling words, the couple gathered photos of their son, Dominic, for a video... More

Tags: veterans,suicides,us military,iraq,afghanistan

Submitted 2 months ago by robertharding on OurTroops | 0 Comments |

2 Points

A Reporter At Large: The Last Tour: Reporting & Essays (www.newyorker.com)

When the Twiggs brothers got to the Grand Canyon, on May 12th, Willard called his girlfriend, a married woman in Louisiana, on Travis’s cell phone. She had to see the canyon someday, he said.

Tags: us soldiers,ptsd,suicides,marines,us military,george w bush

Submitted 2 months ago by robertharding on OurTroops | 0 Comments |

1 Points