Most serious combat vets, including special forces are generally silent about their experiences.
All military jobs are important to the mission, most of us are satisfied with that, some need to show some valor in order to be legitimized. But, some support troops do experience combat, so mos isn’t always a teller of wartime experiences.
I don't know about all that. There are a gazillion books on Amazon written by SF, SEAL and other combat vets about their experiences. Some people are going to talk and some are not.
In Iraq there were about 42K CIB's (Infantry/ SF) awarded. There were about 66K CABs and CMB's (Medics, SF Medics and everyone else in the Army) awarded. This is out of a total of 1.5M deployed. This works out to less than 8% of the total ever deployed with the majority being awarded to non infantry and SF MOSs. I will say the averages in infantry and SF are going to much higher than just about every other MOS, but most people who saw combat at least once were not infantry or SF. The SF and Infantry soldiers who did see combat likely saw it more than once, the rest were less likely. There were also about 36K Purple Hearts awarded in Iraq. If you know a vet that actually served in Iraq it is only 8% likely he or she saw combat. The numbers are a little higher for Afghanistan but not much.
What is fascinating about these numbers is that 11-20% of vets claim PTSD in a year. This can be more than double the number who actually saw combat. A combat badge is practically automatic with a PH so those numbers don't add anything. So yeah, there are likely tons of fakers out there.
I don't really talk much about my combat experiences with non-vets. There really isn't much point. Kind of the same way electrical engineers don't discuss what they do with people outside the field. You might think it would be more relatable but it isn't.
This woman isn't claiming combat though, just cool guy status.