Tri-Service
A British Serviceman Dies In Training Accidents Once Every Six Weeks
The Ministry of Defence has released figures showing that 125 members of the UK Armed Forces have been killed in training or on exercise since 2000.
According to the statistics, a response to a Freedom of Information request released by the ministry, an average of eight military personnel have died while on training across the Army, Royal Navy and the RAF each year over the past 15.
The Army is by far the most dangerous of the services with regards to deaths during training. The numbers show that deaths within the Army while on exercise account for 86 out of the 125 total.
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