My best man is pretty close to number 1. He flew helicopters, and there just aren’t that many opportunities to even have that job in civilian life. His dad did twenty as a P3 navigator.
That said, he’s still got that certain “no nonsense do your job” mentality that precludes a lot of curiosity or questioning the chain of command, especially once he climbed up it a bit.
When I was in, I had a shipmate who said there were basically three types of people who stayed in the military.
Group 1: Small percentage, but they literally loved it, loved what they did, just felt right in uniform.
Group 2: Those who wanted/needed the insurance, education benefits, etc for themselves or their loved ones/families.
Group 3: Those who had no other options, and were juuuuuuust competent enough to not be kicked out every enlistment.
My best man is pretty close to number 1. He flew helicopters, and there just aren’t that many opportunities to even have that job in civilian life. His dad did twenty as a P3 navigator.
That said, he’s still got that certain “no nonsense do your job” mentality that precludes a lot of curiosity or questioning the chain of command, especially once he climbed up it a bit.