How many military members actually see combat?

As a LRS soldier actively seeking contact with the enemy we had a hard time doing so because they'd rather engage soft targets than get caught by combat trained soldiers. Infantry is more likely to be exposed out on patrol but with insurgent tactics they are always trying to avoid us and come for those of you who don't fight back so well.

I went straight into combat in Viet Nam as an infantry officer

Yeah, your "facts" are skewed. I was a chaplain assigned to an Infantry unit. Just about EVERY job left "the wire" on an almost daily basis. Infantry went out on patrols two or three times a day. If Medics didn't go with them, the casualty rate would be a lot higher! Truck drivers resupplied the FOBs and were seen as "soft targets," and targets they were! Even the people who stayed inside the "wire" had to stay alert to snipers, mortars and rocket attacks. Being "downrange" is not a stroll, nor is it a posh assignment. Even when Soldiers were trying to help the locals, they were targets! I've performed and attended way too many "ramp" and memorial ceremonies. Death doesn't seem to care what your job is. "War is Hell!"

You are correct vietnam vet 101st airborne

Who do you think sees combat if not infantry and medics and even truck drivers?

Does being mortared or having VBIEDs attack your camp means you weren’t in combat?

Corpsman deploy mostly with Marines and sometimes even the ARMY on IA billets. Very few of us see a ship in our careers. When we are with the Marines we are expected to do what they do, even sometimes firing at enemies to save ourselves or immediately wounded marines in our vacinity. Also, if a Corpsman is accused of breaking Geneva's convention, most of the time we can argue "prevention is the best cure" to justify fighting and most generals/admirals would not challenge that argument. You bet we go to battle. One of the reasons we have more medals of honor than other branches medics and any other job in the military.

Uhm no. If you’re one of those three MOSes, you’re more likely to see combat than, say, an administrative clerk. Far more likely. Like, if they deploy, there’s a 95% or higher chance they’ll see combat.

In Vietnam I was a Hospital Corpsman assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 11th Marines, Echo Battery. There were several times where two guns, one 2nd Lt, one Corpsman, Gunners and ammunition were loaded up onto helicopters and dropped off in God knows where to support some ground operation. Given that this was over 50 years ago things could have changed.

As a truck driver heavy truck. In Nam I spent just about everyday on the road. Hit land mines . Was ambushed about ten times lost a couple good men doing that year. If you call that being in company area. US Army 1966 to 1967

Some Infantry uni'st stay on the Larger F.O.B.'s to maintan securty. How ever most of
Infantry and there Medic are out of smaller F.O.B.'s that are doing constent mission's.
Weather it be on foot or Air moble, or just in the trucks. or Track's.
As far as the Truck driver's The make resupply runs Transport troops,Fuel, Ammo,And food.
It all depends on the size of your unit and the area it covers, And what kind of support elaments they have.
How the fuck could you not have any kind of clue on this ?