RubyRae, I hope my long answer back to Trace will help to further clear up the roles the military and civilians both play in dangerous active combat zones. It's a scary place to be, weather you are military, or you are civilian. The important thing is not what you are wearing, and weather you are carrying a gun. The important thing is weather, you, as a soldier or a civilian, are in the line of fire, to be shot to death, or exploded by ordinace, or even gased. Clearly, it is more dangerous to be a civilian in a active combat zone than to be a soldier. No question about it. Check the statistics. Thanks RubyRae. I hope the topic is not too painful. Shalom.