The really funny part of this thread is despite all the money, professionalism, mentoring etc, I can recall quite a few military helicopter accidents where the mistakes made by this R44 pilot have also featured.
As an ex military pilot myself I would say giving the resources, selection process and all the other favourable factors and conditions we enjoyed, when making a comparison with civil PPL training, the respective accidents rates and root causes are disproportionate......and actually favour the Civil sector. And I am not talking about operational military flying. Just training and peacetime.
It's also easy to claim the military flight envelope is more demanding but hitting the ground IS hitting the ground no matter how you manage to get there.