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

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I always wonder what it means for enlisted soldiers

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Physical training, combat training, maintenance, etc. You’d be shocked at how much maintenance even a tank requires regularly to stay operational for several decades of service.

But you’d be surprised how much bullshitting, sitting around, and busywork happens, too. It’s a tradeoff for losing half your weekends to training and spending a year straight in a warzone, oftentimes with only a brief period home before going back again (might be less the case since the two forever wars are now over).

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