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I was the Security Officer (Navy's version of a Provost Marshall) at an industrial base for a training command. Was it a combat job? No. Was it important? Yes.
Basically (but it was more than that), I ensured the tool was in the workspace so whatever was ready for training the next day. I ensured that the servicemember had a decent place to rest, that their families had safe housing so they were ready to work the next day.
There are really no shi**y rates in the Navy. Every rate does a particular function. If it didn't, why bother to have them in the first place?
How important was ensuring that the tool didn't leave the base? Well, if the tool left the base, then it wasn't there for the servicemember to work with, the engine didn't get fixed, the YP didn't get returned to service, the carrier's navigation team didn't have a suitable platform to practice with, the carrier wasn't up to par, the policy of the country suffers.
It all adds up and it works best where there is someone in each spot to make it work.
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("Ah, Doctor, why come down on the little guy? G-Section may not be as important to the project as your work here, but we do have our orders."--007 impersonating Hans Hergenscheimer, checking radition shields, (w,stte), "Diamonds are Forever")
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