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

I was in aircraft maintenance in the air force. We worked on planes more when not in combat areas, non critical repairs would be deferred more often until major inspections or it would return home to keep planes ready to fly within minutes. We didn’t really get much combat training besides the 1 range day before deployments. The only close combat training most of us got was the couple days in basic training with fake guns and boxing dummies.

For the most part, we just did the same job at home as we would deployed.