How many military members actually see combat?

Look wars have changed drastically over the last 60 years or so. Nowadays there’s no rear area like before. There’s no boundaries in today’s conflicts. Everyone who joins the military is capable of being on the front lines. No matter what their MOS is.

THAT'S NOT TRUE , I WAS'NT INFANTRY BUT SHOULD HAVE BEEN . BECAUSE EVERY TIME A COMPANY OF INFANTRY WENT OUT THEY HAD ONE SQUAD OF ENGEENER'S WENT WITH THEM . SO WE WERE THERE MORE OFTEN THEN THE INFANTRY . AND THERE WAS ALWAY'S MEDIC'S WITH THE PEOPLE IN THE FIELD ,AND THANK GOT FOR THOSE MEDIC'S . THEY SAVED MY LIFE AND A BUNCH OF US. THE MEDIC IS A LIFE SAVER AND THEY ARE VERY BRAVE GROUP. US ARMY VIET NAM VET .

It is not about participating in combat, it is about serving your country and if need be face the facts that we might be asked to give the ultimate sacrifice...

You literally picked the three MOSs that are all, but guaranteed to see combat if deployed. If your trying to avoid combat it would be best to just not join the military. Right now sure most soldiers out side of certain MOSs don’t end up in combat, but what’s going to be happening in the next three years? If you had asked anyone back on Oct 10, 1990, or Sept 10, 2001 if we would be at war anytime soon the answer would have been a definitive NO.

well geee .. i surely remember plenty of medics with me when i was on route recons or any missions such as training local police .... you are sadly not very well informed to be a recruiter .. plenty of drivers in Afghanistan saw "action" ... who do you think brings supplies to cops and fobs ...? truck drivers....Infantrymen don't see Combat?... guess those guys living in shit holes and going on patrols every day must have missed this point..... i think you need to do a combat tour and see what goes on Vs what you"think"

I don't know, I was Infantry for 21 years and don't know how the "other half" lives.

I am a 91B (wheeled vehicle mechanic) but I went to H8 school so I drive the MRV the Army tow truck and in Afghanistan I was assigned to the SF team so I got to leave and see combat but I feel like it’s just if you get lucky or not just depends on the role they put you in while deployed.

I was a medic who deployed 13 times. Each time I either took direct or indirect fire. The only Navy I saw in the Middle East were Customs. They never left the base. You should stop lying to everyone. You are welcome.

Just because you are Infantry, or Combat Medic, does not necessarily mean you will see combat. Even if in theater not everyone puts rounds down range. Take Desert Storm for example, several Infantry Units engaged the enemy, but several just drove their Bradley's in Convoy and never fired a single round. That is why some Desert Storm Vets refer to their CIB as a Convoy Infantry Badge, more than a Combat Infantry Badge. Now several did engage the enemy, and I am sure they will let me know.

I was going to ask you how you made first class without knowing the answer, but then I thought about it... I suppose, unless you're on one of the seal teams, or a pilot in the navy, you wouldn't see combat at all. In the rest of the military, it's not about your MOS, it's about your unit, and if your units number comes up, you could be a cook and still see combat.