Soldier Suicides Reach an All New High

A record number of soldiers – 38 – are suspected of killing themselves in July, the Pentagon said Thursday. They suggest this is happening as the NCOs — more likely to be married, and in the Army for the long haul, than younger troops — begin spending more time at home between deployments. “If you’re on the constant 12-month treadmill of deploy, reset, get ready to redeploy, deploy, soldiers and families don’t work hard to try to reintegrate, because they know that their soldier is going to be gone again.”