RA, a volunteer military does not ask WHY an individual volunteers. Fighting and/or country are not always the reasons. Gangs, e.g., groom young members who inlist, get military training into all the nasty stuff the army does/knows and then brings that knowledge back to the gang. A job, a free education, etc. there are many reasons. don't know the current data but in my day 1 soldier in ten actually saw combat. The other 9 were in a support role, clerks, cooks, mechanics, drivers, etc. I know i'm profiling but notice something thse two had in common?