It’s not peace times
Did we declare war on someone overnight? We are at peace. Therefore there are measures which can be taken to ensure the MENTAL health of our troops as well as the physical.
This sort of commentary, and others like "that's what they signed up for" are dismissive of the very real toll on one's mental health that excessive activity to no meaningful result (again, firing exercises do nothing to stop a pandemic) causes.
Welcome to Mental Health Week. I am not currently in a steel box at sea and I have increasing panic attacks and bouts of anxiety so overwhelming I want to crawl into a hole and awake in a few months when everything's moved on.
My sympathies to the soldiers who have acknowledged their ongoing stress issues, asked for help, and then were mocked by a bunch of civilians at their keyboards.