On Thu, 4 Feb 2021 17:52:11 -0800, Ethan McKinney
<xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote:

>There was a story with just that sort of "frozen watch" army. After many
>battles, they were woken up and told that war had been eliminated, the
>world was unified under a just government,  everyone was fulfilled,  and it
>was essentially a post-scarcity society. They were free to explore civilian
>life and happiness without the constant risk of death!
>
>Naturally, the culture-shocked soldiers had some problems ...

This description made me immediately think of Joe Haldeman's _The
Forever War_ and _Forever Free_, but I'm sure there are other stories
that used the idea...