God help them if they have to actually fight in a war.

[Petoski]

Conscripts allegedly forced to stand in snow without outerwear, shoes

 

[DrHenley]

I wonder how they would have fared at the Chosin Reservoir in the Korean War. The Chinese lost 29,000 soldiers to the cold (+19,000 KIA), the Marines lost 7,000 to the cold. They had to endure temperatures down to -36°F. (-38°C).