That is good for you , but less than 5% of our current military is “carrying a rifle” right now. Put them to work on base, or downsize.
We have fully trained MPs, but they do not handle security at our military bases? Totally unacceptable.
Your information doesn’t appear to be correct. I drive through a military gate every morning and am greeted by Uniformed Military Personal. In addition, 15% of the Army are Infantry and that doesn’t count the other combat components.
Most of the guys I see have been boots on ground deployed for 4,5,6 or more years. They train, deploy, train, deploy, they aren’t trained to fix the toilets and I’m OK with that. Down sizing just makes America less secure and makes those serving deploy even more often.