As suicides rise, Army brass reassessing outreach
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FORT BRAGG, N.C. (AP) — If there were any signs that Staff Sgt. Jason Lowe was struggling, the soldiers he served alongside didn`t see them. The 27-year-old paratrooper was a top performer. He was on the Commandant`s List and had just finished second in his class in the Army`s Advanced Leader Course, setting him up for a promotion within the storied 82nd Airborne Division. Yet, five days after graduation, after Lowe left texts and calls unreturned, Staff Sgt. Ryan Graves drove to Lowe`s apartment in Fayetteville, North Carolina, with a bad feeling. “On the way there I think it set in that maybe there`s something a lot worse going on,” Graves said. Graves opened Lowe`s unlocked apartment door...