Because they come from a different place with a different system compared with the city. Rules and procedures are unknown so they are forced to rely upon and trust people whom they know in the city. The urban people are knowledgeable in their area and have better instructions to give.
United States deployed a total of 697,000 troops. 143 were killed in action (96 Army soldiers, 22 Marines, 20 airmen 20 and 5 sailors).
This means 0.02 % of deployed United States soldiers were killed in action during the Gulf War.
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Reagan also even goes to say how a historian once said, “He lived by the sea, died on it, and was buried in it