Suicide Rates Among Female Veterans Are 'Obscenely High'Kelly Faircloth6/10/15 3:00pm2714EditInvite manuallyPromoteDismissUndismissHideGo to permalinkNew government research suggests that, for women, military service drastically increases the likelihood of suicide: female veterans ages 18 to 29 kill themselves at nearly 12 times the rate of non-veterans.