Accidents happen. If people aren‘t paying attention, then someone could get hurt. You‘re playing with dangerous tools. It requires responsibility and maturity. Even experienced troops in the field have hurt themselves. We‘re living in a time when mistakes cost lives. Ask the 2 Yank pilots who killed 4 of ours in Afghanistan last year. The term for that is "friendly fire". Nothing friendly about it if you ask me, but no one has so I‘ll keep that to myself. Pay attention to the training you‘re provided. It‘s a guidline that should see you in good stead. But there are no guarantees. Accidents happen and some end up with injuries. In my case, an exploded disc. In others, broken limbs, strains, abrasions, etc... It‘s a laundry list, take your choice. The training is meant to provide you the tools to do your job, complete your mission and stay in one piece. Always remember, this is NOT a game. Some treat it as such. But if you are deployed, even as a supporting member in the rear. You may find yourself in a situation where people are attempting to harm you and you‘ll be expected to defend yourself, with honour.
Bear in mind, ole J. Lynch and her comrades in the US were not members of a Combat Arms unit. They were techs and an error was made. They came under fire and from there...
...it‘s left to history.
Bear in mind some perspective though Chicky. No one has any guarantees. One could live until 103 without so much as a cold, others, are in the wrong place at the wrong time and find themselves in dire straits. You don‘t have to be in the army for that, you could be hurting yourself as you jump out of a window at the sound of your lover‘s spouse returning home unexpectedly (broken ankle?).
Or, you could be that Priest in Hiroshima. This guy was just lucky. I forget the terminology (Explosives isn‘t my forte) but this priest was in Hiroshima when the bomb was detonated. He was almost directly underneath. One minute he was in a building doing whatever. Then a flash. A when he came to his sense, he found himself laying in the middle of that nightmare, without so much as a scratch or a burn. 100,000 others couldn‘t say the same. I suppose he felt like testing that though as 7 days later he had made his way to Nagasaki (He‘s one of 18 people documented to have survived both blasts, go figure eh)
Horseshoes...
