Are PJ's suffering the highest casualty rates in SOCOM?
I don't know but will definitely look into it. The reason why I ask is because I was listening to the interview between Marcus Luttrell and SOFREP and Luttrell made the comment that all the PJ's in one of his courses had been killed.
I never met Luttrell but he seems like a no bullshit kinda guy...especially when talking about something like that...which led me to my question.
I stand by my thinking that the USAF should stand up a couple of Direct Action Units to help bolster SOCOM and utilize PJ's as primaries in that unit...but by Luttrell's statement it seems like they're busy as hell as it is.
The interview is a weird mix of sad, funny, informative and bust your gut laughing...I won't spoil it but do yourself a favor and listen to it all here.
I don't know but will definitely look into it. The reason why I ask is because I was listening to the interview between Marcus Luttrell and SOFREP and Luttrell made the comment that all the PJ's in one of his courses had been killed.
I never met Luttrell but he seems like a no bullshit kinda guy...especially when talking about something like that...which led me to my question.
I stand by my thinking that the USAF should stand up a couple of Direct Action Units to help bolster SOCOM and utilize PJ's as primaries in that unit...but by Luttrell's statement it seems like they're busy as hell as it is.
The interview is a weird mix of sad, funny, informative and bust your gut laughing...I won't spoil it but do yourself a favor and listen to it all here.
Considering the job they do I dont find the stats surprising.
ReplyDeleteAnyone who is tasked with going into hot LZ's, minefields and generally poking right up the dragons ass is gonna take the hit pretty hard. You also consider that PJ's operate in small teams sometimes just 2 guys busting gut, so if shit hits the fan, they are pretty much skewered.
My respect for these guys cannot be expressed in words alone.