I was a soldier for 23 years. I was never told that my main (only?) purpose (was) to kill and/or die; this was not part of our training, and none of the other soldiers I served with would have been there in the first place if we thought it was. Patton, of course, was an abbherent individual, with an excellent grasp of the principles of tactics but not whatsoever of human relations. If you seriously believe that this is the purpose of the military, than I'm very sorry for you.