You missed the part where I talked about you coming from being an atheist.
Allow me to paraphrase "In the absence of (a) God, the USA should be any American's #1 thought."
This would mean that "in the presence of (a) God, the USA should only be #2, and no less."
Easy to do, since I'm not.
Short of calling me a mass-murderer, an idiot, and then speaking the same of all Christians for the actions of a few...
I believe if you will look back at what you've posted, you'll find that my responses are comparable to yours in stridency. I don't believe I have called you a mass murderer, in, fact, I consider your lack of comprehension as to who or what was the target of that barb to be the principle failing of modern christianity to acknowledge the roots of it's persistent misbehavior toward people it disagrees with. If this failure to acknowledge does not change, it won't take long before christianity resumes murdering those who disagree with it.
What service did you go into?
I intended to go into the Air Force as a radio intercept analyst, in those flying guppies that overflew the bombing flights gathering elint, but I spent most of my hitch working for the spooks at NSA.
I'm going Regular Army. I'm entering as a PFC.
Good for you. I realize you aren't soliciting advice, but it I were in your shoes, I'd go for specialist ratings as soon as I could. Oh, and one more thing that doesn't often get mentioned--you can get so caught up in how serious, scary, and immediate being a soldier is, that you can overlook that it's also a lot of strange and sometimes amazing fun--don't miss out. .