eli5: what does the US military or soldiers do when not at war?

Question

I always wonder what it means for enlisted soldiers

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Answer 1

Practice for going to war. Show everyone their big guns so they don’t have to go to war. Have some small battles so they don’t have to go to war. Go to bases all over the world with their big guns and airplanes and radsrs,so they don’t have to go to war. A standing army is a pretty big deterrent to actually having to go to war.