Military exercises abroad are partly timed for leisure perks rather than strategic need

Evidence

Grange realized with a shock of incredulous delight that he was going to live here—that perhaps the war had its desert islands. — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 47 (#exemplifies, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Constant training rotations mask a permanent U.S. military presence abroad; Soldiers can experience wartime as sheltered idyll rather than danger — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 47; U.S. exercises in the Philippines masked ongoing counterinsurgency deployments

Related

• Soldiers can experience wartime as sheltered idyll rather than danger (similarity 0.80)
• Constant training rotations mask a permanent U.S. military presence abroad (similarity 0.79)

Broader Connections

• Constant training rotations mask a permanent U.S. military presence abroad #expands (0.60)
• U.S. exercises in the Philippines masked ongoing counterinsurgency deployments #exemplifies (0.55)
• Soldiers can experience wartime as sheltered idyll rather than danger #exemplifies (0.50) — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 47