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ironphoenix ([personal profile] ironphoenix) wrote2010-08-11 02:32 pm
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US soldiers killed themselves at a rate of more than one a day in June. "There are instances where a leader's lack of soldier accountability resulted in suicide victims not being found until they had been dead for three or four weeks[.]"

Those Manic Pixie Dream Girls in the movies. Just like Doritos (tasty, but without real nutritional value)?
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[identity profile] jackspryte.livejournal.com 2010-08-12 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
Honestly that article about soldiers and suicide is absolutely heartbreaking. Crushing despair OMGosh!

Thanks for pointing to it.

[identity profile] ironphoenix.livejournal.com 2010-08-12 05:09 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, it's pretty grim.

Military life is... complicated. Most military people depend on those around them to a very great extent, and when that support net is weakened, they fall apart readily. This is why commandos are a somewhat special breed in any military force, and aren't fully trusted by the powers that be, however useful they may be in certain contexts.

[identity profile] ancalagon-tb.livejournal.com 2010-08-12 07:45 pm (UTC)(link)
both articles were pretty interesting. The suicide victims not being found for weeks is mind boggling... in the military? wtf?!?

[identity profile] ironphoenix.livejournal.com 2010-08-13 02:26 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I was kinda flabbergasted there too.
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