General orders US troops not to commit suicide (you're ruining our statistics)

[nichomachus]

Oh, Keeeerist -- it's gotten this bad

http://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/05/27/army.suicides/index.html?eref=edition

FORT CAMPBELL, Kentucky (CNN) -- The 101st Airborne's senior commander in effect ordered his soldiers Wednesday not to commit suicide, a plea that came after 11 suicides since January 1, two of them in the past week.

"If you don't remember anything else I say in the next five or 10 minutes, remember this -- suicidal behavior in the 101st on Fort Campbell is bad," Brig. Gen. Stephen J. Townsend told his forces. "It's bad for soldiers, it's bad for families, bad for your units, bad for this division and our army and our country and it's got to stop now. Suicides on Fort Campbell have to stop now."

Fort Campbell's suicide rate, the highest in the Army, "is not a good statistic," he said in remarks to one of four divisions he addressed during the day.

After nearly one soldier per week committed suicide at the post between January and mid-March, the Army instituted a suicide prevention program that "seemed to be having good effects" until last week, when two more suicides occurred, he said.

[shadowknows69]

1. I think there's a dupe thread on this.

[nichomachus]

3. Shit, I searched for one

but then, if we eliminated all dupe threads on DU, it would fit on half a page.

[shadowknows69]

4. true that, it wasn't worded the same, so was easy to miss.

[nichomachus]

5. That's the danger of uninformative headlines

I still haven't found this one, so I'm not talking about this story -- but when someone posts a head like "Holy Shit -- look at this" it makes it really hard to search for dupes.

[backscatter712]

2. You've got to be careful, lest you get a posthumous court-martial... n/t

[merh]

6. The family looses benefits

It is a way to let them know that their family will be punished.

Rat bastards cause this and then want to punish the families for their failings.

[Forkboy]

7. "The beatings will continue until morale improves."

[Echo In Light]

9. That's RIGHT - Only 'sissies' have emotions besides the exalted, required, anger/hostility

:sarcasm:

[razorman]

8. Well, it IS illegal in most states.

[Forkboy]

10. What's the punishment, revival?

:)