US Veteran Suicide Rates May Be 2.4 Times Higher Than Government Reports: Study

Soldiers with the 82nd Airborne division walk across the tarmac at Green Ramp to deploy to Poland at Fort Bragg, Fayetteville, North Carolina, on Feb. 14, 2022. Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images

Suicide rates among America’s military veterans are more than double that reported by the government’s Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), according to a new study published on Sept. 17 by America’s Warrior Partnership (AWP).

AWP is a national nonprofit that aims to partner with communities to prevent veteran suicide, according to its official website.