This space under development. Please check back often. Until then, here are some statistics:

• The VA (Veteran’s Affairs) 2014 budget request was for $152.7 billion, a 4.3% increase in discretionary funding.
• The U.S. military acknowledged that suicides hit a record in 2012, outpacing combat deaths, with 349 active-duty suicides – almost one a day.
• “The most extensive study yet by the U.S. government on suicide among military veterans during the period between 1999 to 2010 discovers 22 deaths a day – or one every 65 minutes, on average.” – Reuters – Feb 2013
• 22 suicides per day  X  365 days  =  8030 suicides per year, and 88,330 lost during their study.
• In 2014, the suicide rate among veterans was about 22 percent higher than among adults who had not served in the military, the VA reported
• Here’s a fancy chart:

In the last 10 years, we’ve literally lost more soldiers to suicide than to combat during the last 65 years.