Would you look down on someone who hasn't deployed?

I served in the 101st airborne from 1957 1960 I was there never saw combat ,we were exposed to risks.I don't feel I owe any appologies

I enlisted ( Not drafted) in Nov. 71 long story short had orders for Vietnam got to Oakland replacement and filled out the obligatory dream sheet and prepared for the jungle, much to my surprise my orders were changed and I went to Okinawa instead. I did not ask for it but I didn't argue either. My luck I guess.

I look down on myself for that reason. 4 years in and I've done nothing but voice my desire to get to a ship. Yet every turn they send me to shore command or ship going to the yards.

Don't and never looked down at non deployed individuals, most of our food and equipment in the field came from non deployed persons, to include our pay. Support legalistic, keep the fighting in the field with all you need to be there, like BULLETS.

Unfortunately I had a supervisor who was not able to recognize that Soldiers do not cut themselves deployment orders...good times

I don't look down on anyone who hasn't deployed. After my many deployments I know their time is coming.

When OIF/OEF first kicked off ... there were the few Reserve and Guard Members that came to medical and admitted to a long term chronic healthcare concerns that had bee fine for them to collect drill pay ... but suddenly made them non-deployable. But for the most part, the people I worked with AD and Reserve/Guard deployed in a voluntary status (USAF).

Not really. There are things to consider in my opinion. I look at it from a job recruiter perspective. Is a 42A Human Resources Specialist doing anything really different overseas than at home? No. Then they are proven in their field. If their field requires combat to be proven such as combat arms MOS then there is a question about how well they can do their jobs under fire. But I will still at least get a sense of them by seeing if they have done more than the minimum amount of schools. For instance if an 11B never deployed but he has Soldier of the Quarter, Honor Graduate at School, and takes every opportunity to put in for schools or assignments then that can at least give me a sense of who they are.

Okay. So What? I joined the Army in 1987, and I saw a lot of Soldiers Deploy for Desert/Shield/Storm. I didn't go, and I wasn't looked down on because I didn't go. In 1999 I deployed to Bosnia for Operation Joint Forge, then in 2003 to Iraqi Freedom. I didn't look down on other Soldiers because they never deployed. I did look down on soldiers trying to extend their tours in Korea once they found out they were going to Units in the States that either were Deploying, or already deployed.

I spent over 20, active & reserve. Uncle Sam didn't ask me to go anywhere... Not your "fault" if Uncle Sam doesn't have you in a unit that is deploying, or that you leave before it does, or arrive after it gets back. If you really-really-really-really want to "go over there" (wherever "there" is...), then you can volunteer.