BigFatKen
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I do not know how to express this:
Can it be determined if it is really dangerous to be a soldier?
One way might be to divide the KIAs by the veterans. If we pick a time when there is a war, clearly it will not look good for being a soldier. But if we look at a lifetime, would this not change? If a man attended West Point in 1970 and served 30 years, he might have seen a tiny bit of Vietnam. As the years go by he sees few deaths around him. A handfull die in Desert Storm. Likely, more died in accidents in the 21 years before.
If he serves from 1868 to 1898, little happens.
600 murders a year in Chicago.
Perhaps I am too close to the subject.
IM me if you think my amount of actions is revelant to this thread.
SSg Ken
Can it be determined if it is really dangerous to be a soldier?
One way might be to divide the KIAs by the veterans. If we pick a time when there is a war, clearly it will not look good for being a soldier. But if we look at a lifetime, would this not change? If a man attended West Point in 1970 and served 30 years, he might have seen a tiny bit of Vietnam. As the years go by he sees few deaths around him. A handfull die in Desert Storm. Likely, more died in accidents in the 21 years before.
If he serves from 1868 to 1898, little happens.
600 murders a year in Chicago.
Perhaps I am too close to the subject.
IM me if you think my amount of actions is revelant to this thread.
SSg Ken
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