I always wonder what it means for enlisted soldiers
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On top of training and such, remember that large swathes of the military aren’t actually meant to fight (unless it comes down to it). There are loads and loads of mechanics in all the branches. There’s logistics folks, IT, personnel, admin, medical, I even met an Army veterinarian (I assume for working dogs N such?). All those guys do the same basic jobs at peace and war. Airplane/hummer broke? Fix. Internet down? Fix. Personnel exist? Pay em (this one depends on how finance feels that day tho). Etc etc.
Honestly I think the Air Force is more support staff than actual war fighters. I was told the Army is 30% infantry about 10 years ago, so including their air forces, armor, artillery, rockets (not sure if they do ground launched rockets?) etc they are probably at least 40% support if not more. Marines use a lot of Navy support but they still have Intel guys and mechanics and all that, so a good chunk of them are probably support too. Space force is all support. I can’t guess at the Navy because one I’m not even sure where to make the distinction of who is a war fighter on a ship and who isn’t. Are the guys who make the ship go war fighters or just the guys that shoot stuff? Either way, them ships be traveling around all the time projecting force across the world in peace time.
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