The Army's vice chief of staff, Gen. Peter W. Chiarelli, who has been at the forefront of the effort to reduce soldier suicides, said Wednesday that he is most concerned about the Army not having enough doctors, nurses and other caregivers.
"It's just not enough," Chiarelli testified during a House Armed Services hearing.
He said the problem began several years ago when a limit was set on the number of Army doctors, nurses and other providers.
"The area that I'm most concerned about is that I don't have enough uniformed health care providers. We made a decision in the Army a while ago to cap the number of uniformed health care providers we had at a certain number," Chiarelli said. "We've been able to make up for that in contract health care in certain areas. But when it comes to behavioral health care, I have a real problem."
y Larry Shaughnessy, CNN Pentagon Producer
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