2012年のアメリカ合衆国軍隊によるアフガニスタン侵略戦争で、349人の合衆国兵士が自殺し、295にんが戦死。自殺が戦死を上回る。
Los suicidios en el Ejército de EEUU superan a las bajas en Afganistán
La cifra, 349 muertos, excede a los 295 caídos en combate en la guerra afgana en todo 2012
Yolanda Monge Washington 15 ENE 2013 - 00:09 CET
Suicides in the U.S. Army outnumber casualties in Afghanistan
The figure, 349 dead, exceeds the 295 killed in combat in the Afghan war around 2012
Monge Yolanda Washington 15 ENE 2013 - 00:09 CET
The U.S. military suicides rose to 349 in 2012, exceeding by more than 50 of the fatalities occurred in Afghanistan (295), said today the Pentagon. According to several experts, the trend may even worsen this year. "This is an epidemic that can not be ignored," said Sen. Patty Murray, who last year sponsored several bills to improve suicide prevention policies in the ranks and provide psychiatric care to troops and veterans war. Leon Panetta, Secretary of Defense still has on several occasions expressed the same opinion as Murray. Panetta acknowledged last year that suicides within the Army was the most frustrating thing that had faced since taking over the Pentagon in 2011.
Over 10 years of fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq are taking a toll on the members of the U.S. armed forces, which are sometimes added a replacement after another with little rest, generating anxiety and depression problems. "We must ensure that we do everything possible so that new generations of soldiers and veterans do not get lost on the road to face the new challenges that are called," said Senator Murray, Democrat of Washington State.
The Army is the one who has had more suicides among active military with 182 last year, but the Marine Corps was the one that had the biggest percentage increase, 50% more, to total 48 deaths. The Air Force recorded 59 suicides and Navy 60.
In 2011, 301 soldiers took their own lives. According to the Department of Defense, about a veteran commits suicide every 80 minutes. The first year that the Pentagon officially began tracking these deaths was in 2001. In 2006, suicides among soldiers started to shoot and then reached what proved to be the highest in 2009, with 310 deaths. From that year was down and has became a surprise that in 2012 the figure was so high because the Army is already out of Iraq and Afghanistan is heading to leave.
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