REMF
REMF: Back Office soldiers, those who shuffle supplies & paper & wear a uniform but don't usually get issued with a gun.
Some are labourers giving support.
Some are professionals giving the frontline grunts logistic support in their fields of expertise.
Some are just people who fight with their tongues (fingers/keyboards).
Then there are the Operations Controllers (not same as REMF but also not frontline grunts or jet-jocks)
I was an Air Def Officer - sat in a cosy bunker watching a PPI (radar) and directing fighter pilots on missile intercepts of hostiles).
Very few advanced forces in any service fight freelance these days. Most action is run by controllers as was I, this mode of fighting is still being perfected & has its share of bad f***-ups (Somalia)
Cheers Doug
Rear Echelon Military Forces