A lot of military infantry training involves getting extremely muddy / sandy / dirty etc. – how does their laundry cope with it all?

Question

Lots of military training seems to get participants even dirtier than the kids in detergent advertisements – how do military personnel manage all this washing and ironing to get them looking immaculate again? How do their machines cope with all the grime?

I have clothes that, no matter what, will never get shiny white again – do militaries just throw this sort of stuff away knowing it’ll never be appropriate for the parade ground again?

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All of the above, plus one more trick: for particularly nasty uniforms (think dirt, mud, sand, but also weeks worth of BO) that you’d rather not subject your washer or the air inside your house to, soak them in a plastic bin with OxyClean for a bit before bringing them inside.

Gets the big stuff off and makes them smell at least nice enough to not knock someone out.