2007-10-19 22:29:13 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Answer: Ever hear of Georgia's Max Cleland, Nam era double amputee...tumbled his OWN grenade rushing off a 'copter, which caused his injury.
He did serve, but it was his own clumsiness, not combat that caused the injuries.
My daughter blew out a knee training others at Twenty-nine Palms...non-combat related injury.
2007-10-19 23:42:43 · answer #1 · answered by trumain 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Many times it means the soldier was in a combat zone but died from natural causes, stupidity, accidents, etc. He wasn't shot, injured, or killed from direct fire or anything related to combat wounds.
Non-combat related deaths happen all the time even in the States - training accidents, heart attacks, etc.
2007-10-20 03:46:51 · answer #2 · answered by ArmyWifey 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm asuming you mean when you hear something about a soldier or marine dying overseas of non combat related injuries....
To put it the simply it's usually accidents. Like rolling a humvee, getting hit by a vehicle on base, a negligent discharge from your or another persons weapon, or to put it even more blunt, the way our higher ups explained it, "dumb sh*t".
%99 of non-combat related deaths are preventable and happen usually because someone wasn't paying attention or got compacent with their duties.
2007-10-19 23:25:15 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
If he was hit by a truck while crossing the road or some such: something which happened away from combat, perhaps even on base
2007-10-21 04:35:46 · answer #4 · answered by robert43041 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He might have fallen off the roof getting the baseball they hit up there... He might have been in an auto accident, or hit by a passing truck...
It means that he wasn't in combat when the death occured.
g-day!
2007-10-20 01:10:59 · answer #5 · answered by Kekionga 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
vehicle accident not related to hitting an IED, etc. basically any injury that occurs when no combat is taking place.. they aren't being shot at or bombs aren't going off all around them.
2007-10-20 01:49:17 · answer #6 · answered by Mrsjvb 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i study someplace that noncombat could additionally seek advice from while squaddies are killed via different workers from the comparable militia. its extra straightforward than you will possibly think of. they're never, in spite of the indisputable fact that, solid at explaining what have been the situations greatest to such events. kinda frightening, huh?
2016-10-04 05:16:59 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it means any death not caused by enemy engagement.
A heart attack not in a fire fight., A car accident, A tank going into a river,
If the death was not caused by the enemy it is ruled a non combat related death
2007-10-20 00:19:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
That should be self explanatory. It means you died through no fault of the enemy and not during combat.
2007-10-20 01:13:53 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It means that he wasn't in combat when the death occured
2007-10-23 17:47:47 · answer #10 · answered by soldierzwyfe06 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋