I know there are many songs out there, but when I hear of a suicide from an active or former military person, I always think of the song by Poison...”Give Me Something To Believe In”. The song references the Vietnam War...but the only thing that changes in the future is the name of the war!
Again, if you know any Vet struggling, or anyone else for that fact, Vet or not...shut your mouth...and lend an open ear. I’ve been in this position with several Marines and others...gear it down and let them talk before you ever interject any sort of any opinion or response. Think about what you’re saying before you ask or say it...you’re dealing with minds that are not the general population who have never seen what they’ve seen.
We share on a couple of private FB Marine groups our contact info. At least then if a Marine is in dire straits and he or she is posting up things like possible suicide...we react pretty quick and try to intervene with phone calls, texts, etc. Sometimes it works...unfortunately sometimes it doesn’t.
I know what Hell is like...we gotta curb this suicide rate of these fine young men and women who signed their name and got a first class ticket straight into war!
We’ll never end it all...least we can do is try.