11/11/2025
VETERANS DAY - REALITY CHECK
According to rand.org--a non-profit research organization that studies issues affecting public policy, including military, mental health, economics, education, and national security:
💔Male veterans die by su***de at a much higher rate than non-veteran men. (42.7 vs 29.6 per 100k)
💔Firearms are used in most veteran su***des — about 3 out of 4
💔Veterans struggling with mental health or addiction have double the su***de risk compared to veterans without those diagnoses
💔Su***de rates among male veterans are still rising, even in the last 1–2 years
💔Since 2001, over 120,000 veterans have died by su***de — more than war combat deaths in that same time
To address these trends, I Love You Bro Project su***de prevention programs offer veterans and active military personnel:
❤️🩹A Place to Take the Armor Off~
Our weekly support groups give veterans a space to set down the military mentality of “I’m good.” Here, honesty and vulnerability is power, and not weakness.
❤️🩹Peer-Led + Lived-Experience Support~
Many of the men in our groups are veterans themselves--specifically our West Jordan weekly support group, which is led by a veteran. No clinical pressure. No rank. No hierarchy. Just men helping ALL men!
❤️🩹Building Purpose + Mission After Service~
We help veterans rediscover meaning, identity, and mission beyond the uniform. The mission doesn’t end when the service does, it just evolves!
❤️🩹Healthy Outlets + Real Connection~
From Weekly support group meetings to service activities, workshops to barbecues, we make sure veterans have a consistent community of bros to lean on BEFORE a crisis comes to fruition.
Join us, Veteran bros!
We love you.
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