DGDevin wrote:

Last year more members of the American armed services committed
suicide than died in combat. But I forget, you don't care much about
stuff like that, since they volunteered their lives can be squandered
in any half-witted adventure the CinC can dream up.

As a percentage, fewer members of the armed services commit suicide than
their same-age-group counterparts in the civilian sector. One could claim,
therefore, that military service REDUCES the incidence of people taking
their own life.