Posted on Jun 2, 2015
How many military members actually see combat?
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I am a recruiter for the Navy and I constantly have "battles" with people who are interested in the Marine Corps and Army and I tell them that not everyone will see combat and that in fact if you are infantry/medic/truck driver you pretty much don't leave the base you're at. Is that a true statement? I'm not a huge fan at all about being a liar just to get people to join. Just trying to get my facts straight. Thanks
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I was a cook with arty battery in Nam. With only 50-60 of us in the field, I was part of reaction force and had to repel attacks. Seemed like combat. In rear area 2x - R&R and to go home
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I'm a Combat Medic who served. I saw lots of field units and wa as not necessarily held back from combat. I was also an MP. Still went to the field.
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Infantry....
Medic.....
Truck Driver.........
Those are literally the 3 jobs that leave the base the most and see the most combat...
Medic.....
Truck Driver.........
Those are literally the 3 jobs that leave the base the most and see the most combat...
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I’m sorry, but are you actually in the military? I can’t believe you tell people that those MOS’s don’t leave their fobs!
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Just go in it with of a mind set there is no rear area. Anything can happen anywhere at anytime.
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I can not address this time period but back in the day when we were in Nam, the saying use to be "There are only 2 types of Marines those that are going to Nam or those that are coming." By the way I always made it my business to watch over the Corpsman. One other comment, it would seem that because the Army is much larger the statement you made may be true, but I am not sure.
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True....13B/88M/88N....saw, during 1991, Operation Desert Storm....
Participating, as a contractor, 2007-2014.
Odd how that works.....
Participating, as a contractor, 2007-2014.
Odd how that works.....
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According to the information that I've studied, between 10-15% of the military (all branches) actually see combat.
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Wow! Just WOW! You really do know how to tell some pretty huge ones, don't you? As a combat medic, I was on the front lines during the war in Iraq. In fact, I was an Air Defense combat medic to be exact, yet I still got to be on the front line. I know that Air Defense (Patriot) units are rarely seen in the combat theater, but my unit was right there on the front lines.
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