The military isn't "service" like a normal job. You are thrust into a world where rank has an immense amount of power over your entire life and, depending on your chain of command, you can be subject to abuses of power that are state-sanctioned. If the platoon SGT decided he wants to single you out for any possible reason there isn't a lot you can practically do except suffer.
I served over 10 years in the military and it was a great decision for my life but I'm somewhat against conscription except in dire times.
>You are thrust into a world where rank has an immense amount of power over your entire life and, depending on your chain of command, you can be subject to abuses of power that are state-sanctioned.
That sounds like a microcosm of American society as a whole.
I served over 10 years in the military and it was a great decision for my life but I'm somewhat against conscription except in dire times.