Report: Army 2-star general's suicide due to sleep deprivation, self-doubt

Report: Army 2-star general's suicide due to sleep deprivation, self-doubt

Article Title: Report: Army 2-star general's suicide due to sleep deprivation, self-doubt

Snippet of Article: "...According to an official Army investigation, the suicide of Major General (Promotable) John Rossi was due to a combination of sleep-deprivation, self-doubt and unnamed medical stresses. He was found dead on July 31st in his home on Redstone Arsenal ..."

Article Source: www.waaytv.com

Suicide rate for active duty soldiers so far in 2012 is around one per day

Article Title: One death-a-day: Military suicides reach terrifying rate

Snippet of Article: "... According to findings released on Thursday by the US Department of Defense, the suicide rate for active duty soldiers so far in 2012 is around one per day. In just the first 155 days of the year, 154 soldiers have committed suicide, a statistic only made more ghastly by comparing it to the number of American troops killed by insurgency this year — the website iCasualties.org reports that only 139 US soldiers died in battle this year...."

Article Source: rt.com