in 2012 we know more men and women died by suicide than by combat. 20% of all suicides that are happening are veterans. doctor, when you hear stats like that, is there something we have failed to do -- you know you talk about mental health checkups, regular screening. is there something else that we said this could make a huge difference and we have just not done it? >> absolutely. first of all, our society, our country overall, not just in the military, has really failed to try and provide what would be evidence-based public health worthy mental health services for people, and we see the problem with the homeless, with the mentally ill who are in jails and the periodic mass violent incidents occurring as a result. in the military, the problem is compounded and more concentrated and are producing these massive statistics of ptsd, of more combatant and more soldiers