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US Soldier Committed Suicide Rather Than Take Part in Torture
By Greg Mitchell

Alyssa Peterson was one of the first female soldiers who died in Iraq. Her death under these circumstances should have drawn wide attention. It's not exactly the Tillman case, but a cover-up, naturally, followed. Ref. Source 1

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Having people around that object to the ways others are using torture to get information can lead to a tragic and very preventable death like this. I think the USA military need to open its eyes more and understand that if a person has no objection to torturing a person then that person does not need to be around prisoners at all. These type of people need to on the front lines where they can do a world of good.

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Suicidal soldiers are humiliated by superiors with fatal results, military medical experts say:

The bullying involves "humiliating-type behavior in ranks, formations, where soldiers were singled out and identified as someone who is suicidal, publicly ridiculed, and things along that nature," said Army Maj. Gen. Philip Volpe. Ref. Source 9

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Are We Giving Our Soldiers Drugs That May Make Them Kill Themselves?:

More soldiers than ever are on drugs that have been linked to suicide and violent behavior. Ref. Source 7

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When you sign on that line and raise your hand and swear an oath to the government you are no longer a public person. You are no longer just you. You are now a government controlled person. You will have superiors telling when you can do things and it would not surprise me if some of these troops are nothing more than guinea pigs.

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War's Hidden Death Toll: After Service, Veteran Deaths & Suicides Surge

As of this month, over 5,700 American soldiers have been killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. That count does not include those veterans who commit suicide or die from war-related issues after returning home from military service. Well, a new investigation into California veterans and active service members reveals that three times as many veterans are dying soon after returning home than those being killed in Iraq and Afghanistan combined. According to the report published in the Bay Citizen and the New York Times, more than 1,000 California veterans under 35 died between 2005 and 2008. Ref. Source 1

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Here are few observations I have made after growing up as a military dependent and 16 years of service and having two generations of military before me.

As far as the National Guard and Reserves, they have a big challenge with this issue. When an active duty Soldier comes home, they are still around other Soldiers. The military councilors are nearby. For an active duty Soldier, there is a very good chance that someone who was at the event that is causing the problem is withing 2 miles of them, even within the same building. So there are people to talk to and relate to.

For a reserve component Soldier, they go back to a factory line, an office or some other job. The people around them have little to no concept of what happened. There are fewer people around to just talk to about it.

With councilors, the reserve componets only see their people once a month. Active duty Soldiers are around them daily.

Another problem is with society in general. We simply are no longer prepared for death. Death is hidden and taken away to a hospital and funeral home. In previous generations, the body was often taken care of in the home. Even the children helped to prepare the funeral, making death a reality. With modern medicine, death has been pushed away even further. This makes people in general vulnerable to stress when a death or facing death happens.

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You feel the big problem is these soldiers have no one to talk to about it? What about the preparation beforehand, maybe you can never prepare 100% for battle but I think a lot of our soldiers enter these situations scared. They need more psychological training and not just being yelled at.