For two years here, the friendly fire kills more than enemy fire in Afghanistan and Iraq, not on the front line, where the error lies in wait, but far from the din of the fighting in the darkness of their room, in depths of his soul, where fear and guilt, anxiety and distress, do not let you escape. In 2010, the U.S.
military in permanent service actual suicide deaths were "at least 468", against a total of 462 killed in action, not to mention accidents and diseases. And, in 2009, the military had been 381 suicides, even then a bit 'more of those killed in action. The suicides have increased by about one quarter, in the bloodiest ever for the troops at the front in Afghanistan since the conflict began on 8 October 2001.
military in permanent service actual suicide deaths were "at least 468", against a total of 462 killed in action, not to mention accidents and diseases. And, in 2009, the military had been 381 suicides, even then a bit 'more of those killed in action. The suicides have increased by about one quarter, in the bloodiest ever for the troops at the front in Afghanistan since the conflict began on 8 October 2001.