A new report on U.S. military deaths contains a stark statistic: An estimated 7,057 service members have died during military operations since 9/11, while suicides among active duty personnel and veterans of those conflicts have reached 30,177 — that’s more than four times as many. The rate of suicides among active duty service members and post-9/11 veterans is outpacing the suicide rate of the civilian population. The only other time that has occurred was during the Vietnam War.
— source npr.org | Jun 24, 2021