they cook those numbers by including all "soldiers", to make it seem like the work isn't actually that dangerous. when the reality is that frontline combat in most of the 'real' wars where both sides were near pears capable of inflicting real harm, the percentage is much higher. obviously if you luck out and are peeling potatoes for some general's stew at a highly secured rear base, you will probably be fine. but draftees don't pick their asignments, and if they decide you would be best used as cannon fodder to slow down the enemy while other units secure another line of defense, well, you get to fertilize the ground.
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