[Ogre] soldier ever survived his enlistment

[Jim Kajpust]

Since the Ogre timeframe is quite extended, I would have to say that:
1. Yes - soldiers have survived their enlistment. If they didn't you would soon have no enlistments, and then no soldiers. Even with a draft, and I'm assuming that Ogre-world would probably have a draft - you would still need survivors.

2. Since it seems to me that the Ogre timeline consists of a long extended campaign you would need to keep soldiers around for awhile. I'm guessing that full-fledged battlesuit technology will approach aircraft pilot-type training. Pilots are coddled in between missions. There is too much invested in training to make them disposable. 

3. Armies need a core of professionals who survive long enough to train the next generation of soldiers. In any particular battle, you may have a high loss rate, but it can't be carried on over time.  

> 
> What we don't know about infantry in the OgreVerse:
> 1. Has any individual soldier ever survived his enlistment?
> 2. Does the battlesuit actually protect the man or does it just keep him 
> combat effective?
> 
> The battlesuit only has to keep out enough radiation to keep the soldier 
> functional. If he dies months or years later from exposure, well, people 
> are cheap.
> 
> War is Hell and machines don't care. 
> 

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