COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.—A commander of the Army base where a single unit had 10 infantrymen accused of murder, attempted murder or manslaughter after returning to the United States instituted measures to stop the violence. But it’s far from clear they’re working.
The Colorado Springs Gazette reports Maj. Gen. Mark Graham added mental health counselors at Fort Carson, ordered mandatory mental health screenings for all soldier doctor visits and had officers trained to spot returning soldiers in trouble.
But it’s unclear whether the measures, some of them nearly two years old, are working.
In May, police arrested a former Fort Carson soldier in the shooting death of a 19-year-old woman. Another soldier shot himself in the head this year. A third awaits trial for wounding a pregnant woman.