For the first time in seven years suicides among active duty soldiers dropped, but according to the Army the dip was supplanted by a stark rise in suicides in the National Guard and Reserve ranks. The Associated Press reports Army Vice Chiefof Staff Gen. Peter Chiarelli said those victims, “are often geographically separated, removed from the support network provided by military installations.” Chiarelli said. “They lack the ready camaraderie of fellow soldiers and the daily oversight and hands-on assistance from members of the chain of command.

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