How many military members actually see combat?

I want to respond to the question why military of high rank have designated parking space. I remember reading the regulation back in the day before I retired the only authority designated parking space is for the handicap. The regulation could have change to any high rank can get a parking space..I go on base and I see at least 5-10 parking space for high ranking and civilian without a decal in the window as it is a must handicap decal place in the windshield to park in a handicap space. I see what “RHP” mean..I think it is abuse of power...

I was deployed for a year as an 88m and was outside the wire almost every day. The last time I looked up stats was about 5 years ago but at that time support accounted for more than half of the deaths in combat zones

First thing you should be asking yourself is why are you having "battles" with civilians. I had a recruiter "battle" me on some education info. He wanted me to go in as an E-1 when I qualified to go in as an E-4. What did I do? I found another recruiter that got me in as an E-4. Why talk down or spread lies when an individual wants to explore other branches? When I enlisted I looked at all four branches. The Navy wanted to give me a bonus, but couldn't guarantee a specific job. The Marines wanted me to drop and give them push-ups while bashing the other branches. The Air Force were never at their offices. The Army offered me $20K and I got to choose my job. I was fresh out of college and had a lot of school debt, so it was a no brainer. Stick to your strengths, stick to what you know. You know the Navy. There is a reason you joined the Navy. Remember why you joined and what drove your decision.

If you deploy most everyone sees the potential for a mortar to hit, at the very least. People in all different jobs have to transit between safer locations for various reasons -- i.e. delivering mail. It's not possible to make a guarantee.

Well. Only need to look at those who were "behind the lines" during 1st Gulf War. They had scuds and all sorts of issues. Hitting Supply areas and non combats. So it makes NO difference. Certainly not nowadays. Anyone with pretty much any job has a fair chance at seeing combat. Its not something young people should be in such a hurry to see.

I was Signal and I drove through downtown Baghdad every day.
Now, beyond that, we currently have very few combat operations ongoing. Mostly it is training missions.

That is not true, though it is highly dependent on your units mission and geographic location around combat zones.

I was a " truck driver " and i was running the roads in Iraq as a guntruck gunner for over two years and i saw a lot of so called action, i had to fire my main gun on many occasions and also my 240B, i am here to let you know that not a day goes by that i don't remember someone's face that i had to end their life without hesitation because they were going to end mine. Yes i have bad dreams but i would do it again for my country.

This kind of depends on what you mean by "combat." Just because you serve in a war zone does not mean you shoot or get shot at (which is what I would consider combat to be). I don't have the figures in front of me but my guess is that in wartime about 30% of the military will see actual combat while the other 70% will be working in combat support or combat service support roles.
I expect this is why you have to actually be assigned or attached to a fighting unit to be awarded the CIB.
Now, with that said, a much higher proportion will perhaps serve in a combat zone and may even receive combat pay. Their danger is real but they still don't necessarily qualify as combat veterans.

Just show them how a nice ride on a tincan, DD,is like, That part is called Sea duty,