2006-08-20 06:26:54 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
not much more people are killed in auto accidents than in iraq
2006-08-20 06:50:46 · answer #1 · answered by cnkbrum 4 · 4⤊ 7⤋
You have a better chance of dying in a car crash or just walking down the street nowadays then joining the Army . You can go to this web site it tells you all of that stuff. http://www.nsc.org/lrs/statinfo/odds.htm
2006-08-20 06:51:25 · answer #2 · answered by Are you for real? 2 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Your chances of dying in the army are less than being a civilian.
2006-08-20 06:33:03 · answer #3 · answered by psych0bug 5 · 7⤊ 0⤋
If you want to join the service ,join the Navy or Coast Guard
you would have a better chance of making rank in the
U.S.Navy and living longer
2006-08-20 06:38:22 · answer #4 · answered by henry l 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
My brother is in the Army and has been for 22 years. He's been overseas many times and just got back from Iraq a few months ago. Just like 'common sense' said, there are many dangerous professions in this world today. No one should let this fighting in Iraq discourage them from joining the armed forces.
2006-08-20 06:33:52 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 1⤋
It would depend upon what MOS (job) you went into. But I do know this, more soldiers are killed in car and motorcycle accidents than are killed in combat. I think it's a side effect of long deployments, soldiers are deployed for a year or more, then when they get back they try to make up for lost time and they drive fast and wrecklessly, they drive drunk and sometimes they are so anxious to see their families that they drive sleepy. It's really sad.
2006-08-20 06:39:21 · answer #6 · answered by nimo22 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Better chance of living NOW than in wars past.
2006-08-20 06:31:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
lets put it this way, together all the americans that died up to date in all the wars we have ever been involved in since the founding of this country does not add up to the amount of people killed on our streets and highways in traffic collisions, hence proving that it is safer to be in a war than to be driving around town.
2006-08-20 07:09:54 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
You actually have a better chance of being murdered in California than being KIA in Iraq.
2006-08-20 06:38:23 · answer #9 · answered by vbplr_12 3 · 7⤊ 0⤋
you have a better chance of dying in a car, on a bus, or train. or even from cancer.
2006-08-20 07:02:44 · answer #10 · answered by Emily E 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Very little. Even if you are an MP or infantry. You go through extensive training and exercises to keep you from dying.
2006-08-20 06:34:04 · answer #11 · answered by Flem-Flam 2 · 8⤊ 1⤋