Hey, I served and....
Additionally attended the United States Naval Academy for a brief period. While well trained, I never say any combat other than in bars in Texas, South Carolina, Alabama and Florida.
(Not that there wasn't some hot action involved.)
My training was enough to advise that those who glorify war and killing make it obvious you know nothing about either one.
The military is dedicated to being apolitical. Look at a professional soldier like Colin Powell. His position on fighting and killing is quite different from that of Condi Rice, Dick Cheney, or Bush. Now children, the question of the day is why? Who has been trained to react like an automaton?
On your off time you tend to think a lot about things you are trained not to think about.
Publius