How many people die in the US Navy?

Question

Is the Toll as high as the Marines or Army? I know there are some jobs excluding Navy Seals that put you in a position of combat with Iraq!!!!???????

Answer 1

There are some navy personnel have died in iraq in afghanistan currently some army jobs in iraq are filled in with navy and airforce personnel they call it Individual augmentation. The security force will always be handle with army or marines but the other supporting roles are being filled by navy and airforce so it can help the army deployment cycle and to lessen the burden.

Answer 2

Navy is safer in our current war than army and marines and they have much lower death tolls.And I'm willing to bet that alot of the deaths were Corpsman who were attached to the marines (which is pretty frequent, if you're considering that rating.)

That said, you don't know what's going to happen in the next 4-6 years, so you shouldn't join the navy thinking you'll never see combat. It's possible we'll get into an altercation with a country who has an established naval ability and casualties will be high. No matter what branch you join you have to understand that there's a good chance you'll get shot at some day.

Mind you, atleast in the navy if some one DOES shoot at you there's 91,000 tons of steel and high power weaponry between you and them.

Answer 3

Everybody in the Navy eventually dies. WWII Vets are about all gone. Korean Vets aren't far behind. And we Vietnam Vets aren't getting any younger.

If you mean how many get killed in combat... not many. Since WWII there haven't been any real sea battles.

Occasionally some -head will plant a bomb on a ship's hull and run. Those can do damage and perhaps kill a few... but even hat happens very seldom.

Occasionally something happens aboard ship... somebody mishandles an explosive device, starts a fire, or some equipment malfunctions. Sometimes some guy is where he's not supposed to be... or when he's not supposed to be there. These instances can also result in damage and death.

Corpsmen get assigned to combat units and rescue choppers and can see hostile fire. SEALs also see combat. In Vietnam, corpsmen were prime targets. But there weren't too many Navy corpsmen on the ground.

Answer 4

We lost two sailors in the past two days. One was a Hospital Corpsman with the Marines in Al Anbar Province, Iraq. The other, who died from an accident, was with the Master At Arms Force on Bahrain Island. Sailors were also killed in Afghanistan. They also die on active duty away from combat theaters from accidents and illnesses. Combat is not the only killer. 9,555 active duty military members died between 1980 and 1984 when no one was shooting at us. During the eight years of the previous administration 7,500 military members perished on active duty.

Answer 5

Your question needs to be a little more specific, or do you want facts and figures with regards Navy deaths as a result of:
Natural Deaths, Medical / Surgical Related Deaths, Accidental Deaths, Deaths by Drowning Deaths from Car Accidents while on Shore Leave, Deaths from Drug addiction, Alcohol abuse, etc.. etc..

Answer 6

Depends on who we are fighting. Submarines are a mood breaker. Stay far away from Marines and the Gator Navy, and you will probably die of old age.

Answer 7

Well according to this site I looked at,
From March 19 2003-July 16 2005
26 killed in Action and 320 wounded

Check out the site for yourself
I hope it helps.
I know Marines are always first to go to war [ so obviously most likely KIA]

Answer 8

Navy people don't die as much as the other service....unless your a Navy seal and nobody finds out about that anyway.....or what really happened

Answer 9

Intel or corpsman positions will take you into the combat zone. Most other things wont.