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> How many soldiers are deployed to three or four different environments?

A pretty normal year for a regular, non special-forces, soldier could be an exercise in the bush in Kenya, in the artic circle in Norway, in the jungle in Belize, in European temperate mountains, in the desert in Oman...

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The idea that more than a vanishingly small number of regular troops are visiting so many environments in a year is hilarious.

This is typical for a basic unit in my experience. I don’t know if you’re in the military, but people don’t just sit around at home even if there isn’t a major operation on. Units are regularly well go to different environments deliberately to keep their skills up.

*arctic, just fyi.

I assume that is what was meant. But FYI I have seen US military in uniform in Artic (a place in Rhode Island)

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