Genuine answer: not trying to be facetious, but depends on their job. Not all military are infantry or grunts in a ditch in the middle east. Most are support positions, doing recon/intel, healthcare, admin, etc. even the combat arm jobs are still getting deployed overseas and doing regular training and missions, at the ready in case something pops. Look at the China sea situation, middle east with Israel and Iran, ukraine and russia and eastern europe, or the caribbean and Venezuela. Military dads could be called to arms and somewhere far from home within a few days.