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Originally Posted by LSsquillace

What could push a person to take their own life while in a school? Did meps not catch the fact that they were suicidal?

Different people take different amount of stress and it happens in the civilian side as well. The military is no exception as we're "trained" under an intensive amount of stress while striving to work effectively and provide positive results. Those who are not familiar with handling stress may have a harder time coping with it and consequently push the person downwards.