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During a medevac mission by the U.S. Army's Task Force Pegasus, Marines carry a wounded comrade to a waiting helicopter. In 2011, as U.S. troops peaked at 100,000, 419 Americans were killed. In 2012, as the troop count began to decrease, the death toll fell to 319, three times what it was in 2006-2007. (Associated Press photographs)

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Uncle Sam 'I Want You For US Army' recruiting poster.

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US Army National Guard Master Sergeant Katie Williams of Altamont, center, walks to a destroyed home of Barb and John Evans in the Devonshire Subdivision in Washington, Illinois as relatives rescue belongings after a tornado destroyed several homes on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2013. (AP Photo/The Pantagraph, Steve Smedley)

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US Army service members attached to the Honor Guard, march down the road leading to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery during a Veteran's Day ceremony, in Arlington, VA., Monday, November 11, 2013.(Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

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US Army service members attached to the Honor Guard, march down the road leading to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery during a Veteran's Day ceremony, in Arlington, VA., Monday, November 11, 2013.(Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)

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US Army service members attached to the Honor Guard, march down the road leading to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery during a Veteran's Day ceremony, in Arlington, VA., Monday, November 11, 2013.(Andrew S. Geraci/The Washington Times)