[Conservababe]

Well, do you really think there are more suicides now, than then, or are the stats just more accurate?

I read Dark's answer and I have to agree with some of his observations. Since we now have an all volunteer army and a much larger reserve service, could it be that the malcontents and actually mentally ill are allowed to continue with service...until they get into battle?

There was this one story of the soldier in intelligence who had a panic attack at seeing wounded and dead Iraqis and could not perform his job.

[westmex]

I never heard or knew of one suicide in my almost 10 years service.....I do know a bunch of occupation troops in Japan got a shock when they went to Korea...They figured all they had to do was march up the road and the g**ks would thow up their hands and surrender....Didn't work that way....

I think the overiding reason today is all the kids are spoiled. They feel they shouldn't have to do stuff like this....JMHO....

......Westy......