The suicide rate for active-duty U.S. military members in 2018 was the highest on record since the Defense Department began tracking self-inflicted deaths in 2001. Officials said Sept. 26 that 2018's rate of 24.8 deaths per 100,000 service members is comparable to age and gender-adjusted civilian rates, but added that fact is "hardly comforting," given that "the numbers aren't moving in the right direction." A new DoD publication, the 2018 Annual Suicide Report, released Thursday, confirms that 325 active-duty personnel took their own lives last year, up from 285 in 2017 and 280 the previous year. Read more on Military.com.