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[–] RaincoatsGeorge@lemmy.zip 50 points 2 years ago (2 children)

In the military you are 4 times more likely to die from suicide than you are from being killed in combat.

The greatest threat to US military personnel is the US military.

[–] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Suicide also kills more Americans than murder within the USA

[–] RaincoatsGeorge@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 years ago

The difference is we don’t try to recruit teenagers for murder. Well, the government doesn’t anyways, at least on paper.

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 years ago

So the same US Military threat as about every other country, including the allies.