Most of the time, I have been/played (?) a soft science type in a Recon team.
Examples:
1) Librarian on a Recon Team sent to salvage the library at Un. of Fl. That mission went up in FLAMES....
2) First Contact Specialist on a Recon Team in Kansas. We actually managed to stay alive in that one.
3) The most fun though was when I was part of the Frozen Chosen. Yup, I was in the Reserves. The only difference in our game, versus Last Watch by Timeline, was we had a full load out. We typically had light smg's. I carried an Uzi load. We were awakened by a team that LITTORALLY stumbled upon us. They had opened a supply chache and some one in Morrow Command had left a short note to explore a nearby cave..... Guess where we were??!!?? I was a computer geek in that scenario. did not have much use for my training, but Lord did we have fun....