This often remains true even over smaller scales. For instance, between 2009 to 2012 I was in a combined arms battalion that deployed to Iraq twice and we exper

This often remains true even over smaller scales. For instance, between 2009 to 2012 I was in a combined arms battalion that deployed to Iraq twice and we experienced three deaths in combat and nine in traffic accidents near Fort Hood during those years. Another drowned in a lake near post. Also, one death due to suicide in theater.