Nice responses here. Should've expected it to get all political :jointsmile: .

It's funny how when I say military, everyone automatically assumes I mean infantry. It's possible for anyone to join the army as an engineer, pilot, doctor, nurse or to help with spreading aid to poor countries. In my eyes, this is far more worthy of respect than anyone with enough bloodlust to find attraction in killing for cash.

The only people I have met personally who are joining/joined the army have fit into the latter category. I shared my last year of university living four doors down from a psychopath that bought knives off ebay and spoke directly to the soldiers on Call of Duty 3 on the Xbox while he played :wtf: . However, it's not in my nature to generalise. My brother told me about a friend that returned from Afghanistan and came home to a letter saying he was to go back in 6 months (he must be there now). My brother was curious as to what he had to do, but when he asked, the friend just replied "i'd rather not talk about it."