Ninety-three active-duty soldiers had killed themselves through the end of August, the latest data show. 93 ，积极现役士兵杀死了自己8月底，最新数据显示。 A third of those cases are under investigation by the Armed Forces Medical Examiner’s Office.第三，这些案件正在调查中，由军队医疗检验办公室。 In 2007, 115 soldiers committed suicide.在2007年， 115名士兵自杀。

Failed relationships, legal and financial troubles, and the high stress of wartime operations in Iraq and Afghanistan are the leading factors linked to the suicides, Army officials said.没有关系，法律和财政的麻烦，和高应力的战时行动在伊拉克和阿富汗的主要因素有联系的自杀，军队官员说。

The officials voiced concern that an array of Army programs aimed at suicide prevention has not checked a years-long rise in the suicide rate.有关官员表示关切的数组军队计划旨在防止自杀没有检查了年久的上升，自杀率。 Still, they said, the number of deaths probably would have climbed even more without such efforts.还有，他们说，死亡人数可能会攀升，更没有这样的努力。

“What does success look like? “什么是成功的样子呢？ Frankly, we do not know,” said Col. Eddie Stephens, deputy director for human resources under the Army’s personnel division.坦率地说，我们不知道，说： “上校埃迪斯蒂芬斯，副主任为人力资源下，军队的人事司。

The Army’s suicide rate has increased from 12.4 per 100,000 in 2003, when the Iraq war started, to 18.1 per 100,000 last year.军队的自杀率增加了从12.4 ％ ， 10.0万在2003年，当伊拉克战争开始，至18.1 ％ ， 10.0万去年。 Suicide attempts by soldiers have also increased since 2003, Stephens said.企图自杀的士兵也增加了自2003年以来，斯蒂芬斯说。

This year the death rate is likely to exceed that of a demographically similar segment of the US population — 19.5 per 100,000, Stephens said.今年的死亡率可能超过一个人口类似的部分，美国的人口-1 9.5％ ， 1 0.0万，斯蒂芬斯说。 According to service officials, the last time that occurred was in the late 1960s during the Vietnam War, when the United States had a draft Army that suffered from serious discipline problems.根据服务的官员，最后一次是发生在六十年代后期在越南战争期间，当美国有一个草案，军队遭受严重的纪律问题。 In 1973, the nation created an all-volunteer force that has generally enjoyed an above-average level of mental health, a condition contradicted by the recent rise in suicides. 1973年，在全国创造了一个全义工的力量，已普遍享有高于平均水平的心理健康，条件相矛盾的最近上升，自杀事件。

The latest Army prevention efforts include the hiring of hundreds of new mental health providers, the production of an interactive video on the subject, to be released this fall, and the introduction of an intervention program aimed at teaching junior Army leaders not only suicidal symptoms but actions that can prevent suicides.最新军队预防工作，包括雇用数以百计的新精神健康的提供者，生产1交互式视频关于这一主题，将公布今年秋季，和引进一个干预项目，旨在教学初中军队领导人不仅自杀症状，但行动可以防止自杀。

The ACE program includes handing out laminated cards decorated with the ace of hearts that advise three steps — “ask,” “care” and “escort” — that spell “ACE”: Ask your buddy direct questions such as “Are you thinking of killing yourself?”; care for your buddy by taking away weapons; and escort your buddy to a military chaplain or health provider.环境谘询委员会的程序，包括派发层压卡，装饰，环境谘询委员会的意见认为，心中的三个步骤-“问问” ， “照顾”和“护送” -即阐明“王牌”：请问您的好友直接的问题，例如：“你思想的杀戮您自己？ “ ;照顾你的好友所带走的武器;护送您的好友，以军事牧师或健康的供应商。

“Take away the weapon if someone is playing Russian roulette with it. “带走的武器，如果有人是玩俄罗斯轮盘赌它。 . 。 . 。 . 。 Unfortunately, people have not always done that,” said Brig.不幸的是，人们并不总是这样做，说： “准将。 Gen. Rhonda Cornum, the Army’s assistant surgeon general for force protection.将军朗达cornum ，军队的助理外科医生一般，为部队的保护。 Army prevention programs to this point have not trained soldiers adequately in what to do after they learn a comrade is in crisis, she added.军队预防计划，这点没有足够的训练有素的士兵在做什么后，他们学习的同志是在危机中，她补充说。

Another measure that Cornum said has proven effective is for Army commanders in combat zones to take a more “humanistic” approach and to return soldiers home so they can deal with personal crises and thereby “live another day to keep serving.”另一项措施，即cornum说，已证明是有效的，是为军队指挥官在战斗区采取一种更“人性化”的做法，并有权返回的士兵回家，使他们能够处理个人危机，从而“活的另一天，以保持服务” 。

Col. Scott McBride, commander of the 1st上校斯科特麦克布赖德，指挥官的第一 Brigade of the 101st Airborne Division旅第101空降师 , said such measures have helped him prevent any suicides among his 4,000 soldiers, who have been deployed in northern Iraq for the past year.说，这些措施帮助他，防止任何自杀的，他4000士兵，谁已经部署在伊拉克北部为过去一年的工作。

“If they’re having a problem at home and we can keep a family together, reduce stress by sending a soldier home so he can take care of that problem, we’re doing that,” McBride said yesterday by video link from Iraq. “如果他们遇到了一个问题在家里和我们能保持一个家庭在一起，减少压力，派出一名士兵回家，所以他能够照顾这个问题，我们正在做的， ”麦克布赖德说，昨天的视频链接从伊拉克撤军。