The Army does not want to make people who have a true religious or moral or ethical reservation about killing other humans to be forced to do that.

The Army is made up of over a million people. Just like in the civilian world, there is going to be things like suicide or homicide or terrible accidents or illness.

Some people are very family-oriented and reserve units are in their communities, whereas regular army bases are often in remote or far-away parts of the country. And then there's the whole notion of deploying overseas, which can be unattractive.

Typically, outside of churches there would be people selling religious souvenirs. There would be someone selling little prints of an image that might be in the church. They were treasured, worn by soldiers into battle, and became personal badges of affiliation.

Killing people is easier than it should be.” Dad put on his beret. “Staying alive is harder.

We have a vigorous suicide prevention program. Everyone at least once is trained to recognize the warning signs and council people who are troubled. We work and have for many years on that.