[Newbomb Turk]

What did they come home to ? A divorce? Cheating spouse ? Readjustment following deployment is crazy hard. Your glad to be home, but nothing was frozen in time since you left. Everything changed while you were away.

One of my friends came home to find out his wife spent his 20G re-enlistment bonus bailing out her boyfriend.

[shanover]

I have seen and heard so much tragedy in my time in the Army from “Jody”,suicide,a-hole chain of command and other FUBAR occurrences:Gulf War,Somalia,CONUS,Kosovo and Iraq. The operation in Afghanistan must have been pure hell with sh*t for brains OPORD,chain of command and totally FUBAR AO. I knew some hard core and soft core who simply break. I see it all of the aftermath at my VA.

[Fido969]

Officials also do not suspect the recent deployment was “the primary reason” for the death of the soldier who had returned home from Afghanistan on Sept. 6, Jacques said.

Apparently, they've identified a particular stressor not related to the Afghan deployment.

By the way, suicide rates in white and Native American men is 2.5 to 3 times the rate in male black or hispanic populations. I don't think Milley's "white rage" is not helping troopers stay alive.

[roving]

I was suicidal when I got out. My step dad called the recruiter to see if anyone in my area was home on leave so I could hang out with him