Surprise! Over half of US deaths in Iraq were reservists in past 2 months

[NVMojo]

Death Toll Rises for Military Reservists


October 10, 2005

WASHINGTON (AP) - The National Guard and Reserves are suffering a strikingly higher share of U.S. casualties in Iraq, their portion of total American military deaths nearly doubling since last year.

Reservists have accounted for one-quarter of all U.S. deaths since the Iraq war began, but the proportion has grown over time. It was 10 percent for the five weeks it took to topple Baghdad in the spring of 2003, and 20 percent for 2004 as a whole.

The trend accelerated this year. For the first nine months of 2005 reservists accounted for 36 percent of U.S. deaths, and for August and September it was 56 percent, according to Pentagon figures.

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http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/bw-exec/2005/oct/10/101004976.html

[marmar]

1. It's getting kind of DRAFTY in here!

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[NVMojo]

2. good point ....

[Crunchy Frog]

3. Yes, and they want to have a go at Syria, and possibly Iran as well.

Don't see how they could possibly do it without a draft.

[Karmakaze]

4. This is a pretty obvious statistic...

The proportion of units suffering casualties would change as the tasks changed. In the initial invasion frontline units such as infantry and armoured units would suffer the most casualties, but during the occupation more casualties would be suffered by support units typically made up of reservists.

So it is no surprise the ratio of full-time vs reservist deaths would change over time.