{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fhopefull-conversations.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fthe-brandon-act-DvtTMSLt","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Episode 34:  The Brandon Act","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/2732b4fd-e462-4cd9-965c-16521c7d7f89/5821fbf6-20cf-415b-9417-f3515c04132c/cover-art.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/ddb80111-1a19-4b50-9f77-14dc251f7bd3\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Episode 34:  The Brandon Act\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"According to Defense Department data, suicides among active-duty service members increased by more than 40% between 2015 and 2020. The numbers jumped by 15% in 2020 alone are nearly double the rate of the general population in the United States.\n\nA report in 2021 from the Costs of War Project found that an estimated 30,177 active duty military personnel and veterans who have served since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks died by suicide, compared with the 7,057 killed in military operations during the two-decade war against terrorism.\n"}