Today, we honor the veterans who have served our country proudly— I am one of them. I served multiple tours in Iraq and Afghanistan as an AH-1W “Super Cobra” attack pilot.
While many of us celebrate with our friends and family, we also remember the veterans who are no longer with us, because they took their own life after coming back from combat— I was almost one of them.
In 2010, I didn’t understand why I came home from a war and many of my friends didn’t. In a moment of despair and desperation, I reached for my gun. But, because of the intervention of a friend, I was kept from turning my temporary crisis into a fatal ending. I was able to get the help I needed — going on to lead suicide prevention work at Brady. Not all veterans are so lucky.
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Women veterans like me are more than 2x as likely to die by suicide than civilians.
That’s why I am asking you personally, John, to join me in the fight to save veteran lives and end America’s gun violence epidemic. Joe Biden personally knows what pain and loss is like and he has pledged to turn his personal tragedies into action. He can do this in his first 100 days in office by implementing life-saving executive orders: Will you add your name to urge the Biden administration to make veteran suicide prevention a priority? >> [[link removed]]
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Veteran suicide is a national crisis: About 20 veterans die by suicide, two-thirds of them use a firearm, and women veterans like me are more than 2x as likely to die by suicide than civilians. But this crisis is not about the numbers, it’s about the people. That’s why I am hopeful that this preventable problem can be solved by our President-elect Joe Biden. Joe Biden doesn’t think of veteran suicide prevention as a numbers game—this is personal to him. He has been a father to two veteran sons, and I know that he sees them in the veterans he works with. The devastating veteran suicide is crisis is only getting worse with rates up 20% this year alone. It is more important than ever to have a leader who cares about how policy affects people.
I am asking you personally, this Veteran’s Day: Will you add your name to urge the Biden administration to make veteran suicide prevention a priority? >> [[link removed]]
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Together, we can address America’s gun violence epidemic and our veteran suicide crisis.
Kyleanne Hunter, PhD
USMC, Retired
If you or someone you know is experiencing a time of crisis, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).
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