DOWNED-AIRCRAFT EXERCISE - A UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter provides security as soldiers move wounded during a downed-aircraft training exercise on Fort Hood, Texas, Jan. 15, 2009. The soldiers are assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division's Company F, 3rd Helicopter Assault Battalion, 227th Aviation Regiment, 1st Air Cavalry Brigade. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Travis Zielinski Many Deaths In Afghanistan And Iraq Down To Human Error, Says Armed Forces Chief -- Times Online
Too many deaths and injuries on the battlefield in Afghanistan and in other operations are being caused by human error, the head of the Armed Forces has said.
Air Chief Marshal Sir Jock Stirrup, the Chief of the Defence Staff, blamed “our people” for causing most damage to troops' fighting capability. “More than half of our accidents and incidents are down to human factors,” he told a Ministry of Defence journal, DESider. According to the latest MoD figures, 1,525 servicemen and women have been treated in field hospitals in Afghanistan for non-battle injuries and disease up to December 31 last year, compared with 564 wounded in action. Of the 142 deaths, 113 were from hostile action.
In Iraq, 3,052 were treated for non-battle injuries in field hospitals up to December 31, compared with 426 wounded in action. Of the 178 fatalities, 136 were from enemy fire.
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My Comment: Accidents, friendly fire, disease, bad luck .... these factors are just as dangerous as the enemy.
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