Originally Posted by
Excargodog
No other leave requires you to take mortar and rocket fire and the occasional long range sniper harassment fire while evacuating idiots from an embassy that should have been evacuated six months ago either, so there is that…
As someone that has served, this has always bugged me, since some MOSs are in the line of combat, where others, like some support specialty, would never be in those circumstances. Even some of those that are technically "combat", but definitely many of the ones that are not. The "you put your life on the line" ends up being a pretty wide cast net, with many never even getting close to that and the statistical probability being near zero based on their role. Of course, then you probably couldn't find people to fulfil these jobs if they didn't get the same benefits...but it's always bugged me to cast them all in the same light...because they aren't.