Losing more sweat in peacetime (training, etc.) means shedding less blood in war.
IT is not the invasion of Normandy, but by peacetime standards the flotilla stationed about 65km (40 miles) off the Louisiana coast is a mightily impressive one.
As he remembered it later, it was like a stroll in company in peacetime through a fragrant autumnal forest.
The city itself kept its peacetime look.
Norway suffered its worst peacetime atrocity.
These are uncharted waters, quite without precedent in peacetime.
Another nearly lost the vital battle for Kohima, the gateway to India, because he wanted to keep to peacetime rules restricting the use of barbed wire.
Article47 Reserve officers shall be retired from reserve service when they have attained the maximum age for reserve service in peacetime.
