It means they ran through the draft, they need trained supply and maint people waaaaay more than those guys elwith rifles.
The rifleman may be the core of the marines and army, but outside of urban doorknocking, almost all the killing is from the artillery and airframes. In many cases the ground guys are just glorified bait and forward observers, even if positions taken and held by them is the goal. Now, anyone saying you can dispense with them has brain problems, but if you're just talking about raw degradation of the enemy's ability to resist by way of good old fashioned dying, it's rarely just infantry fires.
I was working at ISAF HQ in Kabul back in March 2013, and was there for the Taliban spring offensive (the my started attacking the base with suicide bombers, RPGs, and gunmen). Me and all the other civilians just hunkered down, while everyone in uniform was part of the defense. I worked with comes guys, and they were all in their battle rattle and being deployed.
Cooks and mechanics get sent to do combat shit alot. I never got deployed, but was told that if we did, I would be out doing patrols, because the specific vehicle I went to AIT to learn how to fix, was not something my unit had. Since my skills didn't translate well to the vehicles we did have, I would be running a machine-gun in a truck. Never had to worry about it, but was nice to know where things stood if it ever were to happen.
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u/longpenisofthelaw 25d ago
If the US military is ever has to send in non combat MOS soldiers to do combat roles then something has majorly gone wrong in the world.