CF Stats, 2010, WIA/KIA

[Towards_the_gap]

No. I blame recruiting standards....

...no PT test on entry = fat, clumsy people dropping things on their toes or spraining ankles on the boardwalk.

 

[GAP]

No. I blame recruiting standards....

...no PT test on entry = fat, clumsy people dropping things on their toes or spraining ankles on the boardwalk.

That would apply if we were talking about 5-6 months in, but these people have gone through BMQ, trades training, workup.....and you would think they're mostly past the clumsy stage.....

You might be partly right, but I would suggest that T2B's point is probably a bigger factor.....

+ change... ;D

 

[Gunner98]

Of course luck, or lack of it, also has alot to do with casualties in these types of conflicts. Luck is tricky to build into a combat estimate though, so it's best not to include it in a COA backbrief to your CO!

Similarly, hope is not a course of action.  Without a better breakdown of the injury numbers the stats are useless.  Sports days, charity runs, desert heat /poor hydration, an infectious flu strain can really tilt the scales. For example at one point in 2008, there was serious outbreak of flu that affected more than 150 soldiers (albeit in a UK HQ), many who required long hospital stays and depending on the acclimimatization period, time of year and the ops tempo, many new arrivals and backfills can become serious heat stroke victims.  We used to track heat casualties by nation and report to RC Comd so he could assess preparedness of TFs.

 

[Kiwi99]

Or, dare I say it...the advent of FOBs and Fob Mentality...