Gun Grape,
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That pencil pushing REMF is just as important as the trigger puller. If he doesn't do his job then that grunt doesn't get paid. Which means his wife and children in the rear don't have food, getting kicked out of their house. Now grunt boy really doesn't have his head in the game and the Maj Sheks are spending time working on that instead of operations stuff.
Stuff that may include Pencil Pushing Bluesman intel IPB. Which kept the pilot of the chopper I was flying in, from getting shot down since Bluesman IDed those SAM sites.
And lets not forget that pencil pushing supply guy that provided the fuel, bullets and got those repair parts for the M-240 that made the mission sucessful. The steel don't fly without supply.
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The REMF's also get more and hotter food, more sleep on something at least aproaching soft, hot showers are not part of the christmas wish list, cold or solar showers are not part of the vocabulary, they see Charlie med (or the Canadian equiv) far more often. After a major FTX they don't have yet another day or two worth of work to do before they can go home....
Being a REMF has it's advantages as well as bieng part of the overall team effort.
If you can't go combat arms, try going for a combat support/ combat service support role. Medic, 20 level mechanic, armorer, etc. You'll get to work just as hard, get just as dirty-hot-cold-wet-muddy-tired as the combat arms types and still get a chance to put your ass on the line. in fact the 20 level guys in the US Army are mostly combat vets now thanks to the nature of that war and Afghanistan is going the same way.