Timeline for Why do people risk death by joining Starfleet if not for money or preservation of their homes?
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| Mar 3, 2015 at 3:47 | comment | added | user1833028 | Frankly, I have been forced to downvote because you say the military isn't dangerous. I seldom downvote, but the brave men and women who fight deserve to know what ther'ye signing up for.... | |
| S Feb 26, 2015 at 4:44 | history | suggested | Giacomo1968 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Feb 25, 2015 at 21:39 | comment | added | WhatRoughBeast | I have downvoted on the basis of egregious factual error. "Even in a hot war, 99% are not wounded or killed." In WWI, Russia and France ran >70% casualty rates, and Germany > 60%. pbs.org/greatwar/resources/casdeath_pop.html In WWII, the USSR suffered > 20 million military casualties from a total military force of ~35 million. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/… Germany lost 8% of its total population as military deaths, which suggests an overall military casualty rate, including wounded, > 50%. The Ostfront was a meat grinder. | |
| Feb 25, 2015 at 5:01 | comment | added | jamesqf | "So people join the military for the same reasons that they take any job." - Not always, and from my observations, not all that frequently. Even if you accept that there are a lot of not-terribly-dangerous military jobs, what of the people who volunteer to be at the tip of the sharp end, like Special Forces, Recon, and so on? | |
| Feb 24, 2015 at 22:31 | comment | added | Null♦ | "So people join the military for the same reasons that they take any job." Which is to earn paychecks... But as the asker pointed out in the question, in Star Trek "they don't earn paychecks". So why join the military in that case? | |
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| Feb 24, 2015 at 22:10 | history | answered | Joe Cotton | CC BY-SA 3.0 |