I always wonder what it means for enlisted soldiers
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As someone with several relatives in the military it’s mostly training with a large amount of drinking and generally goofing off.
It depends on what branch. For the Navy and Air Force… not much actually changes. We use boats and planes in a lot of ways outside of actual combat. What they do on deployments might change a bit, but they still deploy regularly.
As for the Marines and Army, I think a lot of people would be surprised about how much of the military is actually devoted to logistics. In the Army, there are 10 support soldiers for every combat soldier (quick searches aren’t yielding results for the Marines). The 10 support staff do pretty much the same thing. The 1 combat soldier trains and does busy work. They’re there as a deterrent and because when they’re needed, they’re needed immediately, so you can’t just wait for a war to hire and train them
Mostly jack off play board games and DND if my army sergeant buddy is any indication. He’s in e7 school now lol.
Prepare and train for war…
But really a lot of chores and maintenance. Gardening. Cleaning. Marching .
Logistics wins wars. This is probably by Russia couldn’t take Ukraine early in the war.
The United States military makes amazon same day delivery look like a joke.
When not at “war” we are practicing logistics. Figuring out better practices, and training the next generation.
Current soldier who has not deployed since 2014.
Ride my motorcycle to work, check Facebook, attend some meetings, go to lunch, check my emails. Maybe one or two meetings in the afternoon, try to leave by 4. Dinner with the kids, read a bit. Do it all again the next day.
Get up, run, eat, lift weights, run more, eat, do work, lift, run, eat, hit the strip clubs, get smashed .
Source? My husband, Marines, early naughts. A whole lot of Hurry Up And Wait.
For grunts it’s literally random details and going to the gym more. Your command though will largely dictate what this looks like and it can be as good as *you’ve done everything I need right now so I’m going to treat you like an adult and release you until I need you* to *I’m a ranger instructor and everyone without a tab stays until 5 training until they get one*.
Masturbate. Run. Shoot targets. Clean house. Masturbate. Same as all soldiers have always done, since the beginning of time.
First hand accounts? From a combat MOS in the army:
Make sure the truck is up and running. Fix the truck. (Repeat forever). Make sure your medpros are green or else youre going to get a whoopin. Clean the rocks. All the rocks. Go to the field and practice your job once in a great while.
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