Source: BBC
More British soldiers and veterans took their own lives in 2012 than died fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan over the same period.
BBC Panorama learned that 21 serving soldiers killed themselves last year, along with 29 veterans.
The Afghanistan death toll was 44, of whom 40 died in action.
Some of the soldiers’ families say the men did not get enough support. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) said every suicide was a “tragedy”.
The Panorama programme obtained the figure of 21 through a Freedom of Information request to the MoD.
same with the US army. Something very wrong here. They spend billions of dollars (and pounds) destroying various countries and cannot ensure the mental health of their own soldiers and veterans…