What military unit did you serve in, and how much combat did you see? No service here, but if my reading is worth anything, soldiers do risk their lives - to a

What military unit did you serve in, and how much combat did you see? No service here, but if my reading is worth anything, soldiers do risk their lives - to a degree - even to capture rather than kill the enemy at times. But most won't take large, constant risks, and some won't take any risk if nobody's looking, or their unit has adopted a fiercer culture. In Vietnam, some units were willing to kill their own officers to reduce the friendly death toll overall (fragging.) I understand the U.N. Laws of War, official terms of engagement, and military law don't talk in terms of risk percentages, but practically that's the calculation each soldier must make. We have to be careful of how much saintliness we ask of policemen (and soldiers) else we won't be able to hire more than a handful.