Dude you know nothing, I live in a country that once upon a time used the same mental engineering on us the population, from youth to death.
We collected coins for the army and placed them on a line for miles down the road one year....
Then poof, the political system changed, conscription was ended, and noone wanted to be associated with the old anymore... actualy its asif all the old guys running the show dissapeared....they just went to work for the new masters.
Army's exploit the poor and serves as a testbed for weapons that are ultimately always eventualy used by civilian police against its own citizens in dissent.
I have no doubt there are some awesome guys you know who have offered their services to the army. But please escape from the bondage the system has over your mind.