No sorry, every man can join the service and move on to something else after their enlistment is done. That is the typical pattern, and it has nothing to do with being a police officer, accountant, surgeon or anything else. Military service means sacrifice & discipline and those are the primary reasons so many of these ‘patriots’ took a pass on it when they were younger men; they don’t want to pay the price.
Sorry, but I'm not buying it. I don't think military service makes anyone more noble or virtuous than anyone else, all things considered. Frankly - and I don't mean any personal insult here - but some of the biggest losers, punks, cowards, and all-around worthless pieces of human garbage that I have known have been people who served in the military, just as veterans have also been some of the best, wisest, and noblest people I've known. Nobility in the human spirit is something you either have, or you don't have, and it exists or doesn't exist because of spiritual choices a person makes, much more than whether that person elects to have their college paid for by Uncle Sam. Quite frankly, I honour and admire a faithful pastor who stands on the Word of God more than I do a military veteran.