One of the things that I have noticed is the number of kids enlisting. I was at the Supermarket the other day and the Cashier said, while I was buying a carton of butts, "Can't smoke, have to my lungs clear, I enlisted in the Air Force.
I told her, "When I did my Final PT test in Infantry AIT, 1965, I was on KP, I smoked a half of a pack (Humps) from 0300 to 0830, ran the course and got the hell out of that place.
He may be a rat, but he is a much smarter than average rat that made the jump to the land of reason.
He has some outstanding essays on his site. http://www.ornery.org/essays/warwatch/index.html
His fresh articles appear in the Rhinoceros Times, Greensboro, NC: http://www.rhinotimes.com/greensboro/