Posted on 11/05/2019 5:20:31 PM PST by Morgana
Want to know how other careers fared? Here’s a list of the most 25 most dangerous jobs in America.
1. Fishers and related fishing workers
2. Logging workers
3. Aircraft pilots and flight engineers
4. Roofers
5. Refuse and recyclable material collectors
6. Structural iron and steel workers
7. Driver/sales workers and truck drivers
8. Farmers, ranchers and other agricultural managers
9. First-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service and groundskeeping workers
10. Electrical power-line installers and repairers
11. Miscellaneous agricultural workers
12. First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers
13. Helpers, construction trades
14. Maintenance and repair workers, general
15. Grounds maintenance workers
16. Construction laborers
17. First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers and repairers
18. Police and sheriff’s patrol officers
19. Operation engineers and other construction equipment operators
20. Mining machine operators
21. Taxi drivers and chauffeurs
22. Athletes, coaches, umpires and related workers
23. Painters, construction and maintenance
24. Firefighters
25. Electricians
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Oh no. Hillary shot Bambi’s MOM? I cried when that happened. Now I hate her even more.
Why aren’t women represented? I demand they add beauticians and real estate agents.
Heck, child birth alone should be in the top 5.
Ever watch Carol Burnett describe the pain?
Wow, that is dangerous.
A Sheridan TC?
Yeah for #8
Yup.
The M551 Sheridan Airborne Reconaissance Assault Vehicle
You remember that bad boy?
Flight engineers? I’m dubious. Maybe 3 airliners a year go down. What am I missing? Military?
What happened to switchgear power guy?
Battery support system guy?
As a 70s kid, I always liked the Sheridan. I liked tanks in general.
My dad was a TC on 48s I think. He wasn’t wild about them. Probably a generation thing.
The only real one I can remember seeing was a display at the former location of the Charlotte Air Museum.
I call BS, we had a spate of crashes I never heard about?
“First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers”
Im thinking this is the oilfield crews. Extraction...
You’re right. Shouldn’t be on the list unless they count flatulents as excessive danger.
It was made specifically for jungle warfare in the Far East. It only weighed 17 tons and could be parachuted down from a transport plane.
It had a beehive round that when shot towards the forest at the end of a clearing, turned snipers in the trees into Swiss cheese.
Dangerous if tried, but just the same it had a great top speed on a paved road. Take off the speed govenor and it could go up to 50 miles an hours.
Well, there isn't any evidence that Hillary herself pulled the trigger...
I know you meant to say “flatulence” but that would be funny if that word was used as a noun describing a person’s identity.
At a Flatulents Anonymous meeting, “Hi, I’m Joe Smith and I am a flatulent.”
I was a Tank commander on an M48A3 MBT in Vietnam with the 77th Armor, Northern I Corp, DMZ. It was an excellent and reliable AFV, and in the infantry support role, it’s armor protection and firepower proved crucial in some of the stand up fights that our Mech Infantry units got into with NVA troops dug into bunker lines.
The total number of U.S. Army Tankers (enlisted men with MOS 11E10, 11E20, 11E40, and Officers with MOS 1203) killed in the Republic of Vietnam was 725. To put this in perspective it must be understood that only 2,720 men served as tankers on MBT’s in Vietnam from 1966 to 1971. This represents a loss rate of 27%, the highest loss-rate for any MOS in any branch during the war.
Yeah, tank crewman can be a pretty dangerous job, all right.
I trained on an M551 with the Shillelegh Missle. Automotively the vehicle was good, but it’s fire control system, electrically powered turret, and the propellant of the combustible case main gun ammo was problematic in tropical heat and humidity.
I call BS, we had a spate of crashes I never heard about?
I wonder if the list is for USA or world wide.
If one includes Russia, and other countries with poor airline safety, could be.
If just the USA, no way.
Amirite?
In Vietnam, the average time for an infantryman to be killed or wounded was a month and a half. I met very few who weren’t wounded at least once.
Fishermen? Roofing contractors? Please.
Yea, the light armor was very problematic in that most heavy machine guns could penetrate the hull, and some Sheridan’s were wiped out by land mines.
I served from “73” to”76”. Never saw combat, but was told that if we were to, that we should write our letters home before we ship, because the chances of returning were slim to none.
However, I was a top gun as a gunner, and loved the thing. I never experienced any troubles with the firing system. As long as my gun was sighted properly and the operator set up the computer right it send the Shillelagh right to its target every time.
I was trained as a scout in AIT, then I was sent to be trained on the Sheridan for another 8 week course. I was stationed at Coleman Barracks in Sandhofen district of Mannheim, Germany for a year. I traveled around the country with my tank on a flatbed and gave classes on it at US military units all over Germany.
The two units I was assigned to during my tour of duty used the Sheridan instead of jeeps for the scouts. The tankers used the bigger M60s.
My last unit was at Ft Benning GA with the 97th Infantry Brigade.
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