10-11-2020, 07:29 AM
The homicides and suicides are noteworthy.
Hard to say about the "non combat deaths". A lot of those may be medical issues (heart attacks etc), traffic accidents, or military training accidents. Hood is a very large base with, IIRC, tens of thousands of soldiers. Lots of heavy equipment operated in conditions of marginal visibility, and so on.
Despite the discipline imposed by military service, military bases can have their dangerous areas. When I was training decades ago on a particular base, there was a large athletic field that was well known for violent crime late at night. Criminals get into the armed forces and still do their thing.
Cheers
Hard to say about the "non combat deaths". A lot of those may be medical issues (heart attacks etc), traffic accidents, or military training accidents. Hood is a very large base with, IIRC, tens of thousands of soldiers. Lots of heavy equipment operated in conditions of marginal visibility, and so on.
Despite the discipline imposed by military service, military bases can have their dangerous areas. When I was training decades ago on a particular base, there was a large athletic field that was well known for violent crime late at night. Criminals get into the armed forces and still do their thing.
Cheers
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