Military members know very well that if you aren't deployed to a war zone, you're likely training for one.
Soldiers deploy to Iraq and Afghanistan (and elsewhere) in year-long stints, while the other services typically go for six to seven months. But soon after troops return and celebrate their homecoming, they often have to get ready for next time.
It's all the nature of their constantly changing 'workplace' — some soldiers get off active duty while brand new ones check in, enemy tactics change, and new techniques need to be learned.
It's called predeployment training, where they hone their skills and learn a few new ones, so they can be ready for whatever happens downrange.
Any training before deployment is going to have plenty of shooting ranges with small arms ...
... As well as machine guns, like the the M240 here, which fires 7.62 mm out to over 4000 yards.
For soldiers that mainly operate in vehicles like the Humvee, they'll put them through heavy use stateside ...
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