Its not like all those people have a choice. It's one of the easiest ways for poor people to advance their status in life and army recruiters pray on that like a shady lawyer tailgates ambulances.

Every recruiter I've had the misfortune of interacting with has been a slimy disgusting pushy asshole of a salesman more interested in lying to me to get me to sign the papers instead of talking to me and answering my questions like "what's the pay look like?" And "what are the medical requirements for joining? " and "how does the paying for school thing work?".

At one point in my life, I was seriously considering the military as a career but between the recruiters at job fairs and the one I talked to myself I'm convinced there isn't a single one out there that gives a single flying fuck about the people talking to them to sign up and is instead so blinded by propaganda that they honestly believe the "honour of serving your country" is worth the shitty conditions you have to endure to do so.

Maybe, just maybe, you're not like every other one I've dealt with when I was legitimately interested in joining, but the ones I dealt with left such a sour taste in my mouth I have nearly no respect for any military servicemen that have made being in the military such a core part of their identity they have no other identity.

To be clear, it's not you specifically. It's every other one I've ever dealt with personally that's left such a dour feeling in me towards your profession.

Now at this point in my life I couldn't serve regardless of if I wanted to, a fucked knee and shoulder have made sure of that so I'm perusing a master's and hopefully a PhD so I can do some good for the world.