Navy Deaths...just another day (old but forgot to post)

While talking to my co-worker (he is prior Navy) we got on the subject of the death rates from world war 2 compared to now. He said that the death rates on the carriers back then were much higher then today. I then asked him if there were any bariel's at sea on his carrier, which he replied "no". So i asked if during his 4 years in the Navy if there were any deaths at all and he stated that "yeah, there were 2 guys who died of alchohol poisoning. they were found dead in their bunks". WTF?!?!?!

Of course me and my ever-so-nosey mind decided to do some googling on how many alchohol related deaths there were in the Navy.

Suprise suprise, lookey what i found. Sure enough the two guys my co-worker had told me about were NOT the only two too have done this.Apperantly two navy men were found dead in their hotel rooms in Ghana, Africa back in january of 2008 while on liberty (which means they can go off the ship and do as they please).the third person was found alive.

On another link i found this list of people whom have died in the military and it listed what they died from,their rank and the day,month and year they died. Here is the death from the Navy.
" Navy
14 Jan 06 FC2 found deceased in hotel room by roommate. Possible alcohol poisoning."

those deaths i have mentioned were all in just the past 5 years. i have found links showing deaths dating back to as far as i could find.

Why is this happeneing?

I understand that the Navy, as well as many other branches , have rules and reading material on all this, yet guys still die.

Who do we blame more?

The Military, who doesnt do enough to insure that their soldiers are educated in the dangers of large amounts of alchohol consumption? (too me, a small panflit and maybe a few meetings doesnt do shit to help the issue or even combat it)

The parents , who may or may not have ,since day one, attempted to educate their kids on the dangers of peer pressure and drinking? (which even if they did,it all comes down to if the kid is smart enough to understand right from wrong)

The Media, for glorifying this habit of consuming large amounts of alchohol both socially and at home?

Or do we blame the soldier, who should have had the commensense to stop drinking after 3 drinks while in a foriegn country or even at home?

in my mind, all 4 are too blame.

Tell me what you think! i am very interested in your in-put. :)