Women in combat policy to change

August · 02-13-12, 08:23 AM

Oh c'mon Stealhead. A flight deck or flight line might not be the safest place in the world but how many IED's do they encounter on a daily basis? How many snipers? How many times do Navy and Air Force personnel have to sleep in a ditch, or deal with a suicide bomber?

The US Army alone has lost almost four thousand people KIA during OIF. The Navy less than 200 and the Air Force less than that. Nobody should minimize those branches contribution or value to the success of the mission but let's be serious, the ground forces are a lot more dangerous jobs by far.

02-13-12, 08:23 AM	#19
August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,232 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Oh c'mon Stealhead. A flight deck or flight line might not be the safest place in the world but how many IED's do they encounter on a daily basis? How many snipers? How many times do Navy and Air Force personnel have to sleep in a ditch, or deal with a suicide bomber? The US Army alone has lost almost four thousand people KIA during OIF. The Navy less than 200 and the Air Force less than that. Nobody should minimize those branches contribution or value to the success of the mission but let's be serious, the ground forces are a lot more dangerous jobs by far. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.