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Janurary 2009, Not The Month of The KIA–The Month of Killed At Your Hand

All Posts Information February 14 2009
 — By Scott Lee

In light of the most recent shocking statistics on military suicides, we have had more suicides in January than killed in combat. When will we begin to do something about our soldiers and veterans killing themselves?

They fought hard to keep themselves and their battle buddies alive. Should we not do the same for them?

As a nation we should be ashamed of our inaction to prevent this self administered massacre. Do we go on and keep letting down the people who gave us the right to ignore them?

How many of our modern warriors will become one of these statistics before you act?

(5) Readers Comments

  1. Kat

    02/15/2009 at 5:07 am

    RG,
    This is a good question for the current administration.

    Reply

  2. R.Drury

    02/15/2009 at 4:19 pm

    I agree with you we do need to do something about this. Last year when I was in Iraq we had a soldier kill him self while on guard. No one knows why he did it. This soldier always seem ok and never showed us any signs that he was going to do this. We had countless power points suicide prevention while in Iraq and countless ones when we got home. But who knows why this is happening. We do need to do something about it

    Reply
    • 02/16/2009 at 2:54 am

      When I was in basic training we had a soldier kill himself while on bivouac training, two weeks from graduation. He put the M-16 to his forehead and blew out the whole side of his head.

      When we woke that morning I thought it was another simulation where the Drill Sergeants would detonate flash-bang grenades or fire M-16 rounds off to wake us up, then we heard the commotion that would have gotten us in huge trouble otherwise.

      The news spread fast through the encampment, I went to go look and saw his brains all over the place. God, the things our minds omit when we never thought we could ever forget.

      Reply

      • SSgtJ

        02/18/2009 at 12:37 pm

        You carried live ammo in basic training?

        Reply
        • 02/18/2009 at 4:05 pm

          No, the word was he copped them from the live fire ranges.

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