Coming home doesn't necessarily eliminate the dangers.....
"In June 1996, 18 soldiers died when two Black Hawk helicopters collided during a night-time anti-terrorist exercise near Townsville, Queensland.
Of the dead, 15 were from the elite Special Air Service regiment.
It remains the worst peacetime loss of life for the Australian Defence Force.
At the time, the two helicopters were among six flying in formation carrying 68 men."
Special Forces tend to be exposed/expose themselves to 'risk'.
"The deaths of three Australian commandos in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan yesterday took the number of Australian defence personnel killed in helicopter crashes to 34 in the past 18 years." - That 'yeasterday' was June 21, 2010.
We're all losing too many....too young.
