[Grizzled Bear]

100% agreement. Suicide isn't a choice I can imagine making, but I'm not willing to impose that on another person.

Really? So when I gave my Airmen those suicide intervention briefings I was wrong? Perhaps instead of taking that one young lady to the over to "Life Skills" I should have given her a loaded pistol and some "alone time."

[Abin Sur]

So when I gave my Airmen those suicide intervention briefings I was wrong? Perhaps instead of taking that one young lady to the over to "Life Skills" I should have given her a loaded pistol and some "alone time."

1) I presume you used reason rather than force with your Airmen. I don't have the slightest problem with that.

2) Military personnel (in the United States, anyway) have entered a voluntary contract in which they waive some rights. A private citizen has options that an Airman doesn't.