<p>Military athletes train pretty much full time for the Olympics. There are 60 or so members of the Army Marksmanship Unit at Ft Benning who train full time year round. The Army World Class Athletic Center at Ft Carson, Colorado, allows 50 or so Army personnel to train full time year round for Olympic sports. Some world class athletes even enlist in order to have an income while training full time. While the AF and the Navy is not as organized, they, along with the Army also, PCS personned to the Olympic Training Center for full time athletic training. There are senior enlisted Army members who have done nothing else their entire military career. It is a lot more than giving them a few days off to go to the Olympic trials and to the olympics themselves.</p>