Whereas military and veterans continue to be at great risk to die by suicide amongst the United States population; Whereas military and veterans are nearly two times as likely to die by suicide compared to their civilian counterparts, and over 20 veterans and military die by suicide each day in the United States; Whereas the United States has lost over 100,000 veterans to suicide since 2001, and post 9/11 veterans continue to be at the greatest risk to die by suicide among the veteran population; Whereas suicide prevention services are vastly underutilized by our military and veterans due to the stigma of mental health, suicide, and seeking treatment; Whereas the Suicide Awareness and Remembrance Flag (known as the S-A-R Flag ), was created by United States Air Force Veteran Kevin W. Hertell, who lost his cousin to suicide in 2016, Senior Airman Robert McRae Dean, United States Air Force; Whereas Congress would establish the SAR Flag as an official symbol of our Nation's concern and commitment to recognize and resolve military and veteran suicide, break the stigma of mental health, suicide, and seeking treatment within the warrior culture of military and veterans to facilitate suicide prevention, and to honor the service and forever remember the lives of those veterans and military who died by suicide, as well as to honor, respect, and unite their families; Whereas the SAR Flag also stands as a tangible symbol of hope to living veterans and military to show that we stand with them as they serve our country and transition back to civilian life and remind them that stigma-free treatment is available to facilitate suicide prevention