Re: Way off topic question

On Sun, 05 Feb 2006 23:56:42 -0600, Don Foreman
<dforeman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

"Your job" would be what your commanders decide it is, not what you
think it should be. Some soldiers do serve as mechanics, but
they don't get to passively let others do the fighting if they come
under fire. They * will* drop their wrenches, grab weapons and
actively participate in their own defense. Many military people,
perhaps most, never do come under fire -- but the job of the
military is always to be ready to fight when called upon to do so. I
don't know what the statistics are right now, but at other times the
percentage of the military actually engaged in combat was something
like 10%. It takes a lot of logistics and rear-echelon support to
wage warfare by air, land and sea. However, in wars since Korea the
geographic location of "rear echelon" has often been fuzzy
in-country.


Tooth to Tail

WW2 21% of forces engaged in support
Korea 19% of forces engaged in support
Vietnam 17% of forces engaged in support
Sandbox1 7% of forces engaged in support
Sandbox2 Aproximately the same

Gunner



"A prudent man foresees the difficulties ahead and prepares for them;
the simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences."
- Proverbs 22:3
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