Posted on May 17, 2014
MAJ Deputy Director, Combat Casualty Care Research Program
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Not popular, but data is data. Military suicides are in line with the general population.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/timworstall/2013/02/02/but-there-isnt-an-epidemic-of-suicide-in-the-us-military/
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Considering the military is generally speaking a "snap shot" of the overall population I don't really find that surprising.
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SFC - 100% correct. But the media likes to act like veterans are somehow different. The data simply doesn't support it.
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