> Though it may be that people staying in the military trend risk averse. I'm sure this is more nuanced, and risk aversion may depend on the type of risk (ex.

> Though it may be that people staying in the military trend risk averse. I'm sure this is more nuanced, and risk aversion may depend on the type of risk (ex. financial risk vs physical risk). But it still sounds really strange to me to characterize individuals who volunteered to join an organization that may (and probably will) put then in very dangerous situations as "risk averse".