What are my chances of dieng if i go into the ARMY?Will i go to Iraq ,Can you give me a death ratio?

Answer 1

What are the chances of you dying in the streets of your hometown? You have a better chance of dying in the streets of your hometown. Dying there, you've atleast did something with your life.

Answer 2

You will go to Iraq, and its according to what type of job you pick that determines the ratio. Like if you end up in a FSB Forward Support Battalion your chances are way better because you have almost everything you need on base meaning other units would have to travel to your camp to receive or deliver supplies. Time on the road is very dangerous because of IED's but if you go now, by the time you get there it will be so hot, you wont be able to think about nothing but how to cool off. Take it from someone who knows 125+ degrees (add Kevlar, weapon, vest , and hot convoy ride) you might be up around 150. I was a 63H Tracked Vehicle Mechanic so my road time was maybe 3 times a week which was a blessing.

Answer 3

Less than if you live in NYC, LA or DC. There murder rates for each city is more than deaths in Iraq & Afghanistan.
It is a low percentage - in 3 years more than a million soldiers have deployed in & out with less than 3300 being killed.

Remember while 160,000 are in Iraq at a time they come & go thru deployments that can last from 3 - 18 months. A lot of sldiers come & go each year.

Answer 4

Ive been to iraq, and I was infantry. I did over 300 combat patrols. The odds are very low. You have a 1 in 500 chance of dieing. I know this may sound not that good. But if you become a mechanic, radar, or cook, or hundreds of other job's other than Infantry, Tanker, MP, or Artillary. You most likely will NEVER leave the base, and face virtually ZERO chance of dieing or ever seeing any action whatsoever.
-SGT US Army Infantry

Answer 5

A friend of mine (who is about to go on his 3rd tour to iraq) said it like this: you could be driving down one of the most dangerous parts of iraq and be fine, but the next day be in the safest zone and hit a road mine. There are no garantees, they just go do their job. and honestly, you could trip getting out o bed and hit your head on your night stand and die..so when it's your time it's your time i guess....maybe it is true that commuting to work everyday is more dangerous, but at least you can be the safest driver an be aware...over in irag..you can be safe as you want and something bad could still happen.. you just never know.

Answer 6

My husband is infantry and his company has 300 soldiers. They have been deployed for 7 months and have had only 1 KIA and less than 5 VSIs. They are also in a location that sees alot of action.

Answer 7

Being in the military is not a top 10 dangerous profession. Taxi driving, big rig driving, roofing, fishing, being a lumber jack, farming, working at a recycling place, working with metal are more dangerous professions. There was about a one million tours in Iraq with less than 3,800 dead. There are fewer fishermen, yet almost 6,000 die a year.

Answer 8

well you will go to Iraq as long as you arnt in some little sissy MOS like hospital supply maintance or some crap and then even if you do go you would never leave the FOB so you wouldnt worry about getting killied Ive been there twice and have only lost two people that I even know and Im in the infantry on the street every day for 8 plus hours each tour

Answer 9

I heard that the death ratio was 1:30 which means that for every U.S. soldier the insurgents kill we kill 30.

Answer 10

Your chance of dieing in Iraq is smaller than the chance that you will die in an automobile accident here in the States.