Tuesday, October 11, 2005
Patterns... from Iraq
Special Forces Suicides Raise Questions
What can I say? The rest of the article goes on to say that the problems might have been caused by the group's attitude of "show no stress", etc. I guess holding in feelings and emotions can cause some serious problems. I wonder if knowing innocent people were being killed in Iraq had anything to do with it, too?
DENVER - Chief Warrant Officer William Howell was a 15-year Army Special Forces veteran who had seen combat duty all over the world. Sgt. 1st Class Andre McDaniel was a military accountant. Spc. Jeremy Wilson repaired electronics.
They had little in common, other than having served in Iraq with the 10th Special Forces Group based at Fort Carson, Colo. They did not know each other, and they had vastly different duties.
Each, however, committed suicide shortly after returning home, all within about a 17-month period.
The Army says there appears to be no connection between the men's overseas service and their deaths, and Army investigators found no "common contributing cause" among the three. The fact they were in the same unit is only a coincidence, Special Operations Command spokeswoman Diane Grant said at Fort Bragg, N.C.
What can I say? The rest of the article goes on to say that the problems might have been caused by the group's attitude of "show no stress", etc. I guess holding in feelings and emotions can cause some serious problems. I wonder if knowing innocent people were being killed in Iraq had anything to do with it, too?
