[jester221]

“Assisted” suicide? I would think those with a mental instability which might trigger a suicide would have been weeded out long before rising to such a high level of rank and command.

[iontheball]

“Assisted” suicide? I would think those with a mental instability which might trigger a suicide would have been weeded out long before rising to such a high level of rank and command.

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I also think it is fair to question how an officer who gets an annual physical, plus meets physical conditioning requirements suddenly winds up with a widow maker heart attack. One attack and lights out for good.

[Robert DeLong]

It could have been a health diagnosis of a fatal illness that involves a slow death such as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS - Lou Gehrig disease) or multiple sclerosis. Both horrible ways to die as you become trapped in your own body. If I were diagnosed with either I might be compelled to contemplate taking my own life.