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Suicides at Fort Hood Double Last Year

Army thinks 22 soldiers at the base took their own lives

By John Johnson,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 6, 2011 12:43 PM CST

(Newser) – More bleak numbers on military suicides: The Army reports that a record-high 22 soldiers either killed themselves are or suspected of doing so at Fort Hood last year. The number is twice the figure from 2009, and the rate is more than double that of...   Read full story »

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