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[–] 60 points 2 years ago (18 children)

Is that a stupid question? Like aren’t most people negatively impacted

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  • [–] 39 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I imagine that they’re fishing for compliments regarding leadership training, job placement, etc.

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  • [–] 31 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    Nope. Most people in the military aren't combat troops. A military the size of the one the US has requires a fuck ton of non-combat positions to function.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    I was friends with a military guy who used to hate the whole "thank you for your service" thing. He was like "I work in a fucking office in Dallas".

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  • [–] -4 points 2 years ago (5 children)

    I doubt most are negatively impacted overall. Though those who are, are often extremely negatively impacted (PTSD, serious permanent injury, death).

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    I’d think death would extremely negatively impact a person.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Wow - never seen just how, while tragic, low the death rate is.

    https://dcas.dmdc.osd.mil/dcas/app/summaryData/deaths/byYearManner

    So many self inflicted! And plenty of illness.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 years ago

    What especially sticks out to my laymen self is the trend where active duty numbers decrease over time, but self-inflicted casualties continue to increase.

    Additionally, the 2nd last page - from 2010 ~ 2019 the total deaths trend down from 1,485 to 893. Impressive! However, self-infliction continues to rise. :(

    Thank you for sharing!

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    It is my (possibly flawed) understanding that because of improvement in personal armor, armored vehicles, etc. deaths in combat have in general dropped, but the psychological repercussions have not. So you still have plenty of people with severe PTSD that end up being part of that terrible 'self-inflicted' statistic.

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  • [+] -7 points 2 years ago*

    No. If you look at all the bad shit, and I'm including rapes, active duty PTSD, etc by high estimates you are taking 30%. If you take that as the worst case scenario, consider the past and education is easy to see most have an improved life.

    So so so much of the military is logistics who will never see fighting.

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