"They see it as throwing your life away because they don't understand what the military can give an individual, and not just materialisitcally."
That is top typical because army pays less than civil companies. If working in military or having a career. That, because military life isn't as comfortable as civilian life. I prefer its much easier to just live and do what ever wants to.
"I have yet to run into a stranger that has come straight out and tell me that joining the military is a death wish and a waste of life. I'd take that as rude, especially since they didn't know anything about me."
Here i have never encountered such like that. Only encouragement and respect. Service abroad is also a benefit when seeking a job. Civil service usually only causes problems to get employed. No one tolerates a lazy hippie in work
