A blanket of red and white covered the Simmons Center Thursday morning when Duncan Public Schools teachers, staff and administration gathered for a Back-to-School Breakfast hosted in conjunction with Duncan
February 19, 2021
You have probably heard that veteran suicide is alarmingly high. The oft-cited statistic which has become a rallying cry to end veteran suicide is that 22 veterans take their lives each day. While some have helpfully chimed in to bring context to this number, suggesting that the number is probably much lower, the reasoning behind why veteran suicide is so high has remained unchanged.
The misconception
As it is understood, the commonly held belief for why veteran suicide is so high is typically distilled into this line of thought:
Our troops are deployed to situations wherein they see and do terrible and perhaps even horrific things in combat.