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R and R is a term first used by the military to stand for rest and rehabilitation. Most people mistranslate it as rest and relaxation, or rest and recreation. It is in such common usage, that one can really use R and R to mean any of the above. However, a soldier would use it in a formal sense to translate to rest and rehabilitation.

The military translation of R and R does not mean that soldiers may do much rehabilitating on a typical leave. However, most soldiers benefit from the rehabilitative process of mixing with civilians, and taking a break from the tense conditions that serving in the armed forces sometimes engenders.

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* rest and recreation, or rest and relaxation; especially as a respite from military combat

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