Allow me to paint a picture for you purely from my experience in the Army. It appears from the article that these were active duty deaths. Alcoholism is rampan

Allow me to paint a picture for you purely from my experience in the Army. It appears from the article that these were active duty deaths. Alcoholism is rampant in the Army. Alcohol is a downer. PTSD is rampant in the Army which means you're surrounded by people who might have anger issues or might be emotionally withdrawn (hah! understatement). Those same people might be your superiors. So you have a sadistic emotionally detached superior who controls your life. Maybe not, maybe you have great leaders, maybe you're the person struggling with alcoholism, depression, survivor guilt, nightmares, hyper awareness. Also, the Army's answer to psychological issues is pills, some of which can make things worse. There is a stigma associated with needing a hug. Also, "kids these days" (see the other comment about millennials, it is a thing). There was a book I read (forgot the title) that was veteran studies published after WWII. One of the ones that stood out to me the most showed that vets who came from stable homes faired better (emotionally) after war. If you are in the Army you didn't likely grow up in a stable emotional environment. Every system is perfectly designed to produce the results that it produces. By system I mean all the inputs. I don't know, when you look at this picture, what would you expect to happen? Also, there's no easy fix.