I'm happy the military is finally getting a handle on this problem with active duty members, now they may have to come up with a different program for the young men and women in the Reserve and National Guard sections of the military. The problem here is once they return from combat deployments and even those that may have other issues that lead to suicide are not seen but maybe once a month for a weekend or a week of training so fellow members of their command may not pick up on a problem that may lead to suicide so I believe that the military may have to reach out to civilian employers and family members with some type of training, because the people who are going to see changes and warning signs in the "citizen soldiers" are those who see and interact with them on a daily basis.
This may be expensive and the requirement to form some type of task force in the the Reserve and National Guard commands but the time and money will of course be with it if one life can be saved. The military knows already how to contact family members and know who the civilian employers are of these men and women and they may have to reach out to them with training or training material, not singling out the member but just giving the opportunity for people who see these men and women on a daily basis.
Number of military suicides dropped last year - 10News.com KGTV ABC10 San Diego
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