It's more my career field (weather) than anything else. After basic training and our tech school, I've already been in a year before I got to my first duty station. There's about 3yrs of OJT before we are even allowed to deploy. After my deployment, I did do a remote tour in Korea (so I do have additional overseas time), but I don't count that as a deployment. After I returned to the states, I had a few kids and now I'm currently at a joint headquarters which is a 3yr non-deployable billet. I would have loved more deployments and overseas time, it just didn't work out.
Maybe just your field (or maybe not), but it says something about the way that they handle it all as a service. On the USN side, I've been on active duty for almost 5 years and never deployed and you know what I'm authorized to wear? LT bars, Naval Aviator wings, and a McDonald's stain. That's it. And I don't see anything wrong with that......it would embarrass me if I rated anything else. Of course not intending this to be a slight at you or anyone else in uniform, just commentary on your parent service's mindset on the issue.