We sent them to war to enrich the wealthy and then we didn't provide the support systems they needed to feel life was worth living. What else can you say?

They deserved so much more than despair and depression.

He came back in 2006. It has lifted a lot of financial burden, but it took too long. We are hoping his knees or sleep apnea are next. It's been a long road.

He was sent to Nam and I was not. Later I heard through a mutual friend that after he came back, he was changed to a sad guy that never smiled. Within seven months of returning from the war, he killed himself. His name is not on the wall.
Another Vietnam vet told me if you don’t understand that then, apparently, you have never seen what two grenades do to a room full of children.

survive a war, kill one's self. War will change one's perception of what being human means. It did to me. I know this is probably a stupid thing to say here. I just hope their spirits are at peace. And their families can find the same, somehow, some way.

And in the last four years, the pissant POS trump didn't do us any favors either, dissing us every chance he could.

But Stop Loss was immoral.

http://veteransforcommonsense.org/2004/08/19/army-extends-stop-loss-back-door-draft-to-reserve-and-national-guard/

It was Thomas Schumann. He’s a USMC Infantry officer who fought in Afghanistan and now teaches at the Academy.

He was paying attention to the suicide rates and is part of a study that’s tracking it. He said that the majority of those were not people who are combat veterans.
He said that the majority of the suicides occurs within a year of getting out. He feels like it’s because they go from being with a tribe who will die for you. And they can’t find that in the civilian world.

He mentioned a recent study but I was unable to find it