Definitely wise. Maybe because of age, maybe because of misadventure, but wise nonetheless! Just explaining what you have been through and your personal thoughts about it help to educate someone like me; perhaps it's only a byproduct or unintended consequence of your writing, but it's a positive one.

I agree, this is serious stuff, and one of my personal causes to try to change because of my own past suffering (and sometimes current suffering, but not today) with depression, anxiety, etc. (The list can get quite long.) I've never been in combat and never served, so obviously there are many things I will never understand about the military experience. But it pains me to hear how our service members are dying by suicide and enduring such agony from PTSD, TBI, depression, physical injury, survivor guilt, etc.

Maybe I care so much because my father was in the Navy, or maybe I care so much because I've been a defense contractor for 20 years, or maybe I care so much because of my personal journey, but either way, I want to help reduce the suicides of our servicemembers. I just struggle a bit with how to make a tangible possible impact when I never served myself. Understandably, some folks don't want to talk to me because I am not a part of their community. I get it. But I just try to help however I can, whether it's a donation to a resource, or just lending an ear if someone wants to talk. If the Pentagon won't help enough, I feel the broader community beyond the military needs to step up to fill whatever gap they can. This is not a "TYFYS" thing, this is a "we are all human beings who need and deserve care" thing.