And also why do they still exist? Can’t a regular soldier do the same thing?
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I was at the Norwegian kings guards. We were standing guard for two hours, then four hours cooking, cleaning, sleeping, relaxing. After 24 hours another shift replaced us. The «off» day, we trained marching, shooting, etc. We did this for every other week. The other week we trained as regular infantry.
About the standing still part, we were well trained and quite used to it. When we felt the need to do so, we marched back and forth for a few minutes. If we had to stand completely still for a very long time, we could wiggle our toes without no one noticing to get the blood flowing.
Holding an assault rifle for two hours straight also gets a bit tiring, so we had altered between two positions. Rifle by the side and rifle on shoulder. Marching and changing weapon pisition was synchronized, so we had different cues to each other.
It’s very boring. Two hours are a long time in the middle of the night, when it’s snowing down your neck.
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