I can see that. Myself and a number of my friends would probably have been considered to be quite shy and introverted when joining the military. But it really b

I can see that. Myself and a number of my friends would probably have been considered to be quite shy and introverted when joining the military. But it really brings out the social aspect in you, you spend so much time just alone talking and joking with your friends (far more than you ever would in civilian life - e.g on guard duty or something, it's often your only source of moral). Often the old sweats called it the art of conversation, we call it the art of "shite talking". It's strange because every military persons friendships with each other that are completely different to civilians and I don't just mean because of the nature of the role. In civilian life, if you don't see a friend for 5 years, the dynamic of meeting them again is often quite distant. In the military it's like they never left and you just pick up from where you left off. I can say that I feel closer to some people who I went through basic training to than people I've known since school - you learn so much more about each other. Similarly extreme extroverts tend to be toned down a bit in military training, til they reach about the same level. Myself and any one of those introverts would now probably be regarded as fairly confident extroverts compared to civilians, and so much of that is thanks to military training.