Cord Jefferson

Cord Jefferson shows in his blog on Good.Is that 468 soldiers killed themselves and only 462 soldiers died in combat during the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, in one year and it was the second year in a row that the number of suicides have been greater than combat deaths. When you first look at the numbers a difference of 8 does not seem to bad, but when you look at look at the number of suicides alone you start to wonder what condition these soldier are put under that makes their suicide rate so high. It makes people wonder if the army in providing adequate counseling to their soldiers and taking the necessary steps to keep our soldier healthy and safe. Also mentioned in Cord Jefferson's blog post is the fact that according to military officials suicides have slowed in 2010 and is proof that the psychological screening that all active soldiers go through is working. This statement is not very believable. Why if these screenings are working, 468 are still committing suicide, and why is that number still higher, or even close to the number of combat related deaths?