It's safer on the bases than "over the wire", obviously. If you're hanging out in the slums of Baghdad by yourself, that's another story. According to ht

It's safer on the bases than "over the wire", obviously. If you're hanging out in the slums of Baghdad by yourself, that's another story. According to http://www.icasualties.org/oif/Details.aspx http://www.icasualties.org/oif/Details.aspx 3 of the last 500 American deaths in Iraq have been on a base. None of them were classified as hostile. Those deaths go back over a year, to Aug/07. Compare that to your hometown (be it Vegas, Silicon Valley, Cambridge, or Boise), and it probably stacks up favourably. 3 deaths per year is a mortality rate of 2 per 100 000. The rate for the US total is ~900 per 100K, for 15-24 year olds is ~90, and for 24-45 year olds it's about 200. ...I'm just saying, is all.