What branch of the military is most dangerous?

Answer 1

There can be no clear answer to this. Any answer given is purely subjective. However General Black Jack Pershing, US Army who knew a thing or two about warfare said that "The deadliest weapon in the world is a Marine and his rifle."

For instance:

The war in Iraq has produced more casualites for the US Army than any other branch, which would statistically make it more dangerous than any other branch.

The flight deck crews on US aircraft carriers suffer more on the job related injuries and deaths than any other branch, so in general terms the US Navy could be considered quite dangerous.

Each MOS/Tech/Rating in the US Military has a life expectancy in terms of seconds or minutes from the point of entering combat, and the lowest current life expectancy is the door gunner on a Black Hawk helicopter at 6 seconds. (The lowest life expectancy in the history of the US Military was a Pershing Missile Crewman at 30 minutes before the declaration of war).

Chinook pilots and crews have low ife expectancies in all four services, as do Osprey crews.

Answer 2

If by dangerous you mean deadly there really is no defining element to that as each group of the military has counters for different things and different tasks to accomplish and ways of accomplishing them like the air force has to deal mainly with enemy air craft and other interesting stuff they then have fighter planes and AA guns while the army primarily deals with enemy ground forces and therefore has tanks and assault rifles and the navy deals with other ships so the have battle cruisers and aircraft carriers; though they all to some extent can do the same stuff they all do it different ways or simply have their own stuff to deal with and must work together to be an effective fighting force. Now if you mean who's got the toughest guys then you're still out of luck because you have to be stern stuff to be in the military in any capacity whether you're a navy nurse or an army ranger that question is more of a question for individual units or groups.

Answer 3

While "most deadly" is the superlative form, I'm just not certain that any branch of the military can make someone more dead than any other. There are a number of units or groups within each branch that receive more training, and who might know of new and interesting ways to make enemies dead, but there are also units within at least three branches that have the capability of making several thousand enemies dead at once. The fact of the matter however is that dead is dead. It matters little how one gets there.

Let's try this: among small units, the Navy Seals (that includes some Marines) and Army 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (1st SFOD-S), Army Compartmented Elements (ACE), commonly referred to as Delta Force, the Marine SOCOM United States Marine Corps Special Operation Command (MARSOC -- also called Silent Warriors), and Air force Special Operations Command (AFSOC), namely Air Force Pararescue are all specially trained for various combat operations, and are undeniably trained to take the lives of enemies in unique and terrible ways. One must consider though that there are a number of units in the Navy, Air Force, and Army, who when called upon to perform their mission will cause entire populations to vaporize. There are a number of nuclear warheads still in the arsenals of the US Navy, Air Force, and Army that are capable of ending the lives of millions, perhaps billions of people. Those assuredly have the greatest likelihood to fit the definition of "most deadly."

Answer 4

All branches of service have inherent dangers. National Defense is risky especially for service members, and especially during wartime. Each service has a legitimate claim to the title ofMost Dangerous. All services for instance have special forces units that face dangers unique to the jobs and missions of those units. Some military occupational specialties that would normally seem to be pretty innocuous have proven to be quite dangerous, as the number of truck drivers and supply specialist who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan can attest. One of the most dangerous positions in the Navy is carrier deck crew. The lowest life expectancy in the US Army, ever, was Pershing Missile Crewman at thirty minutes before the declaration of war. I personally knew of five brothers who all served in Vietnam, four served in combat positions and were never so much as injured; the one brother who was killed in action was a pay officer. So, no matter the service, there are very real risks; some that can be averted by the application of common sense, but just as many, perhaps more, for which no amount of preventative action can forstall even death.

Answer 5

There is no worst branch there is only a best branch at that is the US. Marines.