Soldiers urged to `speak up´ about possible suicide
(WorldNews Mexico)

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Miguel Gonzales Jr., of Albuquerque, took his own life in 2012 when he was set for his third deployment. His death is part of a national trend of a steadily rising suicide rate among active duty soldiers. (Courtesy of Natalie Williamson) Copyright © 2020 Albuquerque Journal Natalie Williamson did not fear the worst when two U.S. Army officers appeared at her door with her father on a summer´s day in 2012. Her brother, Miguel Gonzales Jr. of Albuquerque, was a staff sergeant in the Army, and his unit was involved in fighting wildfires that were raging in Colorado. `I thought he was injured,` she said as she described what seemed like a scene from a movie. The officers...