US Soldier loses it, kills 5 fellow soldiers in Iraq
05-12-2009, 12:31 AM
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Although I don't have exact numbers that amount of Soldiers coming in and out of theatre has to dwarf any other service out there based on sheer manpower alone.
Sad to hear this news. Hard to believe it's been 6 years last month.
Sad to hear this news. Hard to believe it's been 6 years last month.
05-12-2009, 05:48 AM
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http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/...led/index.html
05-12-2009, 07:54 AM
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Negative, Marines and Navy personnel have also been involved. The Air Force probably hasn't had one just because they don't often get issued weapons and less than 5% of the deployed force is Air Force personnel.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/...led/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/...led/index.html
05-12-2009, 08:28 AM
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There have been a few. This stuff reaches the news only in the rarest of circumstances. There are a lot of deaths that are not counted in the "death toll". If you are wounded in Iraq or Afghanistan and die in Germany it's not counted. Obviously word of 5 homicides would have reached stateside eventually so they address it but otherwise its "out of sight, out of mind". Similiar to the suicide issue. Its worse than people think.
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Yea suicides are way up in the army. Another big issue is sexual assault. Yay more briefings for me woo hoo. It is a travesty when things like this happen however you have to remember that there are 150k soldiers in Iraq and they have the same problem as people in a 150k pop city. We are a little better but you cant weed out all the dip****s.
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Yea suicides are way up in the army. Another big issue is sexual assault. Yay more briefings for me woo hoo. It is a travesty when things like this happen however you have to remember that there are 150k soldiers in Iraq and they have the same problem as people in a 150k pop city. We are a little better but you cant weed out all the dip****s.
I've always wondered where I could find statistics on Military Suicides. Anyone?
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05-13-2009, 11:13 PM
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Not sure how he did it. Maybe long reach? I piece of 550 cord?
All I remember was that we were just about to go green light on a rare Division Hollywood Jump and all of they race-tracked the C-130s back to green ramp at Pope. We all thought we were going to war but our company armorer killed himself.
All I remember was that we were just about to go green light on a rare Division Hollywood Jump and all of they race-tracked the C-130s back to green ramp at Pope. We all thought we were going to war but our company armorer killed himself.