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Originally Posted by mattdavis11
You don't put your men in harms way when not at war.
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They are put in harms way everyday on a carrier, when they are operating planes,
the deck is the most dangerous place to be in the world.
It comes with the territory ... a Carrier is no playground.
Not at war has very little meaning in that context.
There's no room for lax standards, discipline or judgement because screw ups do cost lives.
During the period of 1980 –1993, active duty Navy personnel suffered 4,607 deaths attributable to unintentional injuries (59.4 deaths per 100,000 population),
with an all-cause mortality total of 7,485 (96.5 deaths per 100,000 population).
That's almost 1 in 1000.. I would think that the effect of Corona on healthy young population on a carrier, is MUCH lower.
Ill admit those aren't recent numbers, and likely to have improved.. but still puts the range in which they are working in perspective..
And if those numbers improved , it was because of good guidelines, procedures, AND the discipline to adhere to them. That includes command judgement.