Understood and appreciated. And yes, I know what I want to do in the Army, and no, it's not exercitus gratis exercitus for me. If I were to do it with the scholarship, I would do it without scholarship. In fact, if I go to a school with only NROTC I would more than happily pay for tuition myself. My research has shown me that, 1 being the average rate of casualty, the Marines and Army are near 1.7, Army Reserves is around .5, the Navy around .1, and the Air Force around .05, etc.
Every job I have ever considered from childhood, without exception, has had a significant number in its ranks injured or killed. I am trying to come to terms with the risks, because whatever job I do, they will be there. But I would appreciate a better sense of what the risks are for the various Army branches, especially for reserves.
How is PTSD/VA treatment improving? Also, any words of advice for coming to terms with it all? The "freedom"/"liberty" words would make sense a lot of the time, but not always—please don't jump on me for saying this—esp. in cases where our freedom or liberty is not directly at stake, like Iraq.