[CalvaryJohn]

A sad truth. But it must be tempered by statistics. Military suicide rates are the same or slightly lower than the civilian population.

[hinckley buzzard]

The reliable finding fvor the last three or four wars is that suicide rates spike among recent returnees from combat, but that by the time a year or two has passed the rate among combat veterans returns to the population baseline. This same thing happened during and after Vietnam, Desert Storm, Korea, WWII.

It is a sad thing indeed but this war is no different from any other war in this regard, and this admiral should know that. If he wants to do something constructive( I don't know what it would be), fine. But to sit and moan about it achieves nothing.

[ODC-GIRL]

“Military suicide rates are the same or slightly lower than the civilian population.”

Still, each service is like a small hometown and when you see those numbers it just breaks your heart. Thank God the troops feel support and respect from the Community, but there is little shared burden. Television, movies, even news seem so detached, it often feels like the military are the only ones at war in this country. That has to be a very isolating and lonely feeling.