24 soldiers killed themselves just in Jan. 09 - six times as many as killed themselves in January 2008, according to statistics released Thursday.
More soldiers have killed themselves than died in combat last month. According to Pentagon statistics, there were 16 U.S. combat deaths in Afghanistan and Iraq in January. T e Military across the board seems to have been having a suicide epidemic; this is usually reflective of the general population.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/05/army.suicides/index.html?iref=mpstoryview