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I too was infantry. And muscle memory doesn't necessarily mean always being engaged to the process, it means being able to return to the necessary posture when needed.
It wasn't uncommon for us to rest our hands on our rifles too when we didn't need to be actively engaged in the current situation in any hostile fashion.