Sounds like a man who enjoys his work for what he was trained to do. Being a soldier who has been trained for combat may be the only skill set he has. There are certain people who thrive on danger, some race cars, others on the high wire and others in dangerous jobs like deep sea commercial fishermen or lumberjacks in the wilderness. Nothing new in human nature, some men seek their destiny and enjoy their lives filled with adventure and uncertainty of any future or weather they live to see another day. Warriors who could care less about who the enemy is or why, they just have a need to be in the action and calling their own shots, no pun intended.
+1 two thumbs up extra bravo good Meester Fawlty!
Well said.
Reminds me of the movie “The Best Years Of Our Lives”, when they returned home, and miss being important.
An E-6 Scout squad leader I knew in ‘81 got out of the Army after Viet Nam and spent several years in Rhodesia under an assumed name then reenlisted in the US Army to finish his 20 years.
He liked killing communists, had some hair raising Polaroids from both wars.