>I believe it is very wrong to join the Military for something other than a combat related field,<
There is nine soldiers behind everyone soldier on the front lines.
My chiropractor works with the back surgeons in two local hospitals. He goes in and aligns peoples spines before the surgeons cut them open to fuse the vertebra in place. The surgeons know how to cut the tissue but they have no idea what manipulation is needed to properly align the vertebra.
I just had back surgery in March and go to a phys therapist twice a week, and I find that hard to believe.
I have one vertebra out of live between my shoulder blades, and have had for years, but no one ever believed me, except now my therapist sees it right away on the first visit.
That being said, to align a vertebra through manipulation so that it stays is a time consuming act that takes weeks to make that vertebra stay in place.
Once you are cut open, the surgeon can move the vertebra through eye sight alone, they have to check the alignment before they bond the fusion, and that means they have some ability to manipulate since your back is sliced open to expose the vertebra to see it for the bone graft and fusion!
Just for a discectomy and laminectomy I was cut open 5 inches tall by 6 inches deep to expose the blown disk at the rear of my L5-S1. He could have done anything to my exposed vertebra to control alignment, I think.
If I needed surgery again for my back and I was told that I had to wait for manipulation to align my spine before I had a fusion, that last bend and twist session would need to be 1 hour before I was prepped for the knife! :)
As for nine soldiers supporting every individual grunt, that only supports what I said. A Band member wont be at the front nor is that a combat MOS. If you are going to sign up, do it because you recognize you are going to war, not because you need a scholarship.