It comes around every year -- the Saturday before Thanksgiving is the day Congress has called National Survivors of Suicide Day.

What this means to me is that it's time to reflect on the more than 7,000,000 Americans who are left behind after the suicide of a friend, family member,...

Forty-one Marines took their lives in 2008 and another 146 attempted to do so, according to Marine administrative message 0134/09. That translates to 19 suicides for every 100,000 Marines. It is "our highest rate ... since 1995 and reflects an unacceptable loss of life," the message states. -- Citizen Soldier,...