This was a very insightful article for me. The part about finding identity in the structure of the military was something I'd never considered. I've always been hardwired to reject structure anywhere. I tried to get out of as much school as possible because I couldn't take the daily routine, even college was torture for me. I wasn't happy until I moved to Peru and I could just drift. It's hard for me to comprehend that people would be drawn to a system where you're constantly told what to do, or that people would feel an absence when they finally achieved their freedom. Thanks for writing a very frank, honest, and interesting article!