U.S. INJURY AND MEDICAL EVACUATIONS FROM IRAQ: DofD STATS ARE SHOCKING

The United States Department of Defense has a way of counting the injuries to United States military personnel from the Iraq war that brings into question just how honest is the Department of Defense with the American people, and more importantly with the families of those injured in Iraq.

The following is a list from the Department of Defense of "non mortal casualties" by each branch of the service and the injuries the U.S. soldier, U.S. Marine, U.S. Navy or U.S. Air Force person sustained.

The totals are shocking and are a far cry from what the mainstream media is reporting.

Bill Corcoran, Chicago, corkcol@aol.com, editor of CORKSPHERE, http://corksphere.blogspot.com/, a blog that dares to tell the truth about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Each branch of the service is listed and then below are the various type of injuries as they pertain to each branch of the service.

http://icasualties.org/oif/

Non Mortal Casualties
Army
Navy
Marines
Air Force
Total
Wounded - No Medical Air Transport Required
13,045 Army
434 Navy
6,370 Marines
260 Air Force
20,109 Total
Wounded - Medical Air Transport Required
6,525 Army
164 Navy
1,987 Marines
82 Air Force
8,761 Total
NON-HOSTILE-RELATED MEDICAL AIR TRANSPORTS
25,634 Army
995 Navy
2,538 Marines
1,370 Air Force
30,537 Total
Non-Hostile Injuries - Medical Air Transport Required
6,386 Army
283 Navy
1,051 Marines
335 Air Force
8,055 Total
Diseases/Other Medical - Medical Air Transport Required
19,248 Army
712 Navy
1,487 Marines
1,035 Air Force
22,482 Total
MEDICAL AIR TRANSPORTS (HOSTILE AND NON-HOSTILE)
31,831 Army
1,159 Navy
4,527 Marines
1,453 Air Force
39,298 Total
U.S. Deaths: Self-Inflicted As reported by the DoD as of 1/10/2008
Self Inflicted
Army
Navy
Marines
Air Force
Total
Died of Self-Inflicted wounds
116 Army
4 Navy
15 Marines
0 Air Force
135 Total
Missing or Captured:
Nationality
Name
Date
US
Staff Sergeant Keith M. Maupin
16-Apr-2004
US
Ahmed Qusai al-Taei: Status - missing-captured
23-Oct-2006
US
Spc. Alex R. Jimenez: Status - missing-captured
12-May-2007
US
Pvt. Byron W. Fouty: Status - missing-captured
12-May-2007