Update:

This is a BS report.

Here’s the story at Army Times

An interesting sideline for you morons that decry the war on terror and its toll on America’s military:

U.S. ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY DEATHS – 1980 through 2006 (as of November 22, 2007) (pdf)

For those of you that don’t want to download it, here’s the gist of it:

Whatever your politics, however you lean, however you feel about the current administration, this report should open some eyes.

Military losses, 1980 through 2006.

As tragic as the loss of any member of the US Armed Forces is, I have lost a personal and dear friend to this, consider the following statistics:

The annual fatalities of military members while actively serving in the armed forces from 1980 through 2006:

1980 ………. 2,392 (Carter Year)

1981 ………. 2,380 (Reagan Year)

1984 …….. 1,999 (Reagan Year)

1988 ………. 1,819 (Reagan Year)

1989 ………. 1,636 (George H W Year)

1990 ………. 1,508 (George H W Year)

1991 ………. 1,787 (George H W Year)

1992 ………. 1,293 (George H W Year)

1993 ………. 1,213 (Clinton Year)

1994 ………. 1,075 (Clinton Year)

1995 ………. 2,465 (Clinton Year)

1996 ………. 2,318 (Clinton Year)

1997 ………… 817 (Clinton Year)

1998 ………. 2,252 (Clinton Year)

1999 ………. 1,984 (Clinton Year)

2000 ……….1, 983 (Clinton Year)

2001 ………… 890(George W Year)

2002 ………. 1,007 (George W Year)

2003 ………. 1,410 (George W Year)

2004 ………. 1,887 (George W Year)

2005 ………… 919 (George W Year)

2006…………. 920 (George W Year)

2007…………..899 (George W Year)

Clinton years (1993-2000): 14,000 deaths

George W years (2001-2006): 7,932 deaths


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