Michelle Wilmot honored for service in Iraq
May 18, 2010 by awveterans
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Over 56 service members have been killed or injured in non-combat incidents since June. Mattis and McCain are determined to examine the alarming rise of non-combat deaths among the service branches.
“My friends, more of our men and women in uniform are now being killed in totally avoidable training accidents and routine operations than by our enemies in combat,” McCain said. “Where is the outrage about this? Where is our sense of urgency to deal with this problem?”US Troops Keep Dying Far From Combat. Mattis And McCain Think They Have A Solution
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Mattis says that Pentagon officials are examining the link between military budget levels and non-combat deaths across the armed forces
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Check out what others are saying about this post...[…] Wilmot, Excelsior College graduate and Massachusetts’ 2009 Outstanding Women Veteran, knows this better than most. She enlisted in the military at 17 years old, following in the […]