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I did a tour in a NATO army, in Europe, conscript. I was in a Scout/Pathfinder unit (volunteer, perks), so we had real "kill fast, silently and with prejudice" among other training. However, in peace time we had some ceremonial/escort duties. We did some "essential" drill team duties. I liked to say we were armed majorettes. The kill-gunnery-explosives-orienteering-etc. stuff I could consider useful knowledge/training for extreme situations, but the drill stuff is about the useless-est skills ever acquired.