A nuance needs to be made. Of course you have to collect useful information on the suicide of soldiers and veterans, in order to understand what could have been done to prevent them, and put in place proper services. However, in paying tribute to a person who committed suicide, we must not send the message that we are also paying tribute to the way in which he or she ended his suffering. Nor should we conceal the fact that services needed to be offered to that person, and that a security net needed to be placed around him in order to prevent his act.
That concern exists everywhere. Following a suicide, we talk about post-intervention. That consists in asking ourselves what can be done for the family members and friends, peers and environments who have experienced the loss of one of their members. We are always concerned by the way in which people who have lost a loved one wish to pay tribute to them. We don't want this to send a message of glorification, and we don't want the tribute to be disproportionate. We worry about the risks involved in emphasizing how the person died, that is to say the fact that they committed suicide.