This is not a statistical anomoly. This is not an "uptick".
Any country that cares for and about its servicemen and their families would recognize the size of the disaster, the implications of the trend lines.. and demand urgent action.
This is not the time for a "study". This is not the time to "review current practice".
This is the time when a bold executive order runs down through the military establishment. You will fill in the following questionnaire and submit it to your commanding officer in 72 hours.
The results of the questionnaire will lead to an immediate set of policy responses.
If the bankers can stage a midnight coup.. give us all your money or the economy dies.. then surely military service families can say.. "Act now to stop the suicides".
This is a culture where the fate of dollars DEMANDS urgent action. Is it also a culture that turns its back on the fate of those asked to conduct foreign policy the ugly way.. after diplomats and politicians fail?