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Originally Posted by Nanners52674
I think the idea that their happy and excited going over there is a complete fallacy. The suicide rate of military members is up. I dont know if its up by 2 or 200 people, the point is IT'S UP.... That wouldn't be happening if troop moral was up.
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The troop suicide rate is still lower than that of the general population though. I also read an article suggesting that part of the reason is that the push for increased recruitment is bringing a lot of people in a prime socioeconomic demographic for suicide anyways (young people, often from a lower economic background) and that any time you have active combat duty then people are going to be exposed to stressful situations that may exasperate existing dispositions toward suicide.
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