In Bosnia, collective combat training was practical up to platoon level, to include pregunnery and live-fire training for ground units. Training areas are available. Ammunition and other training resources are moved forward. Units can rotate from PSO tasks to training sites. Force-protection conditions are met.
Political conditions allow.
Conditions usually support the execution of some level of collective combat training. Because of possible escalation during a peace-enforcement operation, transition to combat is a constant possibility. Therefore, training and preparing for escalation remain a constant requirement. Training opportunities and conditions are reduced during PK operations and are even scarcer for humanitarian assistance operations because of mission demands for large numbers of soldiers. Peace-enforcement operations, which require large numbers of units as opposed to individual soldiers, usually allow the most flexibility to conduct training.