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Reader comment of the day: Driven nuts by the Army’s endless suicide briefings

I didn’t think it was possible to say something funny about military suicides, but reader "Hokiefan" did it on Friday: When I returned from Iraq several months ago I underwent no less than half a dozen PTSD and suicide examinations. Let me assure you that I was not identified as some high risk individual; this ...

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I didn't think it was possible to say something funny about military suicides, but reader "Hokiefan" did it on Friday:

I didn’t think it was possible to say something funny about military suicides, but reader "Hokiefan" did it on Friday:

When I returned from Iraq several months ago I underwent no less than half a dozen PTSD and suicide examinations. Let me assure you that I was not identified as some high risk individual; this is normal for every soldier returning from a combat zone. Hell, after all that crap, I was gladly considering suicide so I could avoid another boring speaker drone on about combat stress!

Thomas E. Ricks covered the U.S. military from 1991 to 2008 for the Wall Street Journal and then the Washington Post. He can be reached at ricksblogcomment@gmail.com. Twitter: @tomricks1

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