“This isn’t just alarming. It’s a national emergency that requires immediate action. We’ve spent the last decade trying to improve the transitioning process for our veterans, but we’re clearly failing, and people are dying.” The Guardian: Suicide rate spikes among young US veterans. (Some investigative reporter should research the possibility that there’s a connection between the suicide rate hike and the increased use of psychopharmaceutical drugs that count suicidality among their side-effects.)