On a more serious note, anyone who asks the question "Combat or Non-Combat" in 2016 obviously has no clue about the nature of modern warfare.
I know young female civilians who have more actual trigger time than 30 year-veteran Infantrymen.
If this forum is for "friendship" and we have to...
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Lots of, and possibly the majority of vets basically collected a check from the government and did s*** work in return. Part of this is the fault of a system that was designed in the 19th Century, plus the fact that military service is, like it or not, Government employment.
Lots of them...