Suicide Prevention
FORT HOOD, Texas - Thousands of soldiers stationed at Fort Hood are receiving extra visits from their superiors this week following a recent spate of suspected suicides, according to the Texas Army post's senior commander.
FORT CARSON, Colo. - The suicide rate among soldiers at Fort Carson is on track to drop by about 45 percent this year compared with 2008, as the U.S.
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. - The Marines find themselves losing a fight against suicide.
WASHINGTON - Rushing to stem historically high rates of military suicides, the service branches set up prevention programs that lacked strategic planning and so don't work as well as they could, a report said Tuesday.
WASHINGTON - An Army report on the record number of soldier suicides says the trend reflects a rise in risky behavior including drunken driving and drug abuse in a military stretched to the breaking point by the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
