nah. death is part and parcel of the military. they don't want to be responsible for health care, esp. because it's absurdly expensive in the US. once you're

nah. death is part and parcel of the military. they don't want to be responsible for health care, esp. because it's absurdly expensive in the US. once you're in the military is responsible for your care, and if it's likely your knees are going to snap during training, even if just 10%, they don't want to take the financial risk. like, you getting killed is easy; pay out SGLI once and send a flag to someone's house. but the cost of broken troopers goes on forever, and it may cost 2 Trillion in total for Iraq and AFG because of veteran's care.