Everyone on HN seems to be missing that there's a hell of a lot of people out there who would gladly sign themselves up for 4yr in the bottom of a ship if it me

Everyone on HN seems to be missing that there's a hell of a lot of people out there who would gladly sign themselves up for 4yr in the bottom of a ship if it means they never have to flip a burger for someone on HN. As an aside, pretty much all the "but you have to put up with <insert military structure here>" gripe that anyone can come up with has a "but you don't have to put up with <uncertainty of civilian life>" on the other side of that coin. People who are good at picking up on what the organizational goals are as well as the goals of the various parties they are subordinate to tend to fit really well in military life and there are a lot of these people out there.