[ikka]

this type of duty would dull a unit's tactical combat skills.

That may or may not be true - but if we can spend billions of dollars and use aircraft carriers to help out militant Muslims in Indonesia after a tidal wave, we can handle the slight loss of capability... and if things heat up, the units might get an opportunity to hone their sniper skills.

[verity]

After the "Bosnia" thing, entire divisions had to be reoriented towards their appropriate tactical missions. This would be no different.