Veterans Day 2021

For nearly a decade, we've been hearing that 22 veterans a day take their own lives, a number that has become a rallying cry for advocates trying to call attention to suicide among vets, especially those who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. That number kicked off a flood of people pumping out 22 pushups a day for 22 days, and became a fad of sorts, in order to bring attention to the number, that my own digging confirms is slightly less, bringing that number to between 18- 20 per day.

That's 18-20 too many.

This episode of the Life 2.0 podcast attempts to pull back the layers of this situation, as well as focusing on how each of us, myself included, can make a difference in the lives of our veterans, of which I am one.

Couldn't resist adding a few memories of my time in the United States Coast Guard, and the lessons learned, that are with me to this day, as well as the ongoing educational piece to remind people of the difference between Veterans Day and Memorial Day.

Semper Paratus.