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I'm going to say that it likely has something to do with not understanding what it means to volunteer for anything, let alone to volunteer to serve your country.

Nope. Has to do with meaning. As in dying a meaningless death...

[Tennessee_Bob]

Ok, I get it now. You wanted to be able to pick and choose. Unfortunately, that's not the lot of the soldier. But hey, since you didn't serve, you didn't have to worry about that.