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General Category => Military/Defense News => Topic started by: rangerrebew on June 11, 2019, 12:21:31 pm
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More US troops die during training than in combat operations
Zachary Cohen
By Zachary Cohen, CNN
Updated 5:27 PM ET, Thu June 6, 2019
Washington (CNN)A vehicle accident that killed one cadet from the US Military Academy and injured 21 others Thursday is refocusing attention on a startling statistic -- more American service members are dying during training exercises than in combat operations.
Between 2006 and 2018, 31.9% of active-duty military deaths were the result of accidents, according to a congressional report updated last month. By comparison, 16.3% of service members who died during that time were killed in action.
And a large majority of those accidents occurred in circumstances unrelated to combat deployments.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/06/politics/us-military-deadly-accidents/index.html?utm_source=RC%20Defense%20Morning%20Recon&utm_campaign=f6443dff61-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_06_10_08_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_694f73a8dc-f6443dff61-81835773 (https://www.cnn.com/2019/06/06/politics/us-military-deadly-accidents/index.html?utm_source=RC%20Defense%20Morning%20Recon&utm_campaign=f6443dff61-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2019_06_10_08_09&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_694f73a8dc-f6443dff61-81835773)
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This is a good thing because it means that not only are we training hard,it also means we are not fighting a war.
MAYBE we SHOULD be fighting a war,but I am personally not going to sign-off on one until I hear the stated reasons and the proposed goal.
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Maybe those two things are related! Train hard so you're ready when the chips are down!
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Maybe those two things are related! Train hard so you're ready when the chips are down!
@Bigun
Yup!