Yes. Combine that with a winter occupation and all the physical toughness that entails and you also have something analogous to the SEALS Hell Week. Add drugs and you have the possibility of berserker behavior. Imagine being able to direct such outbursts.
The world sees chaos, but this is highly disciplined at the upper levels. Also, I am thinking of how many of these kids are into multi-player online games. People can laugh, but they learn tactics and strategy there, as well as coordinating actions with others. Some of those gamers have even developed sideline businesses selling various game trophies/powers/spells in the real world, for real money. They aren’t all stupid or ignorant.
Only a handful of hard core need spend any winter nights in camp. 3 or 4 will do, rotating duty for once a week or so. NOt exactly Valley FOrge, but that is how hte MSM shall portray them: saintly patriots at a new Valley Forge.