Isle (noun) see Aisle. Isle (noun) an island. Isle (noun) a spot within another of a different color, as upon the wings of some insects. Isle (verb) to cause to become an island, or like an island; to surround or encompass; to island. Origin: [OF. isle, F. le, L. insula; cf. Lith. sala. Cf. Insulate.]
The Department of Veterans Affairs released sobering new statistics today about veteran suicide rates in the United States. According to the VA, an average of 20 veterans died from suicide every day in 2014. The VA examined over 55 million veteran records from 1979 to 2014 from every state in the nation. The last time the VA conducted a study like this was in 2010, but that report included data from only 20 states.
Figures on the third quarters of 2015 and 2014 showed suicides in the active duty Navy increased to 11 from seven; in the active duty Air Force to 16 from 13; and in the active duty Army to 32 from 31. Through all of 2014, the number of suicides recorded for the active duty military was 273, and for the reserves it was 170, for a total of 443. Through the first three quarters of 2015, the number of suicides for active duty was 202 and the number for the reserves was 161, for a total of 363.