>>I was a member of the armed forces, I was a volunteer (UK National Service ended in 1957). My colleagues, those who served in the Navy, Army and Air Force, ALL WANTED to serve in HM Armed Forces (Note no inducements such as sponsored education, etc, on completion of service in the UK)- But I do not ever recall meeting ANYONE who WANTED to go into action.<<

I frankly have to question whether you are telling the truth. I was a volunteer and I served in the Persian Gulf and while I hated it, I knew guys who utterly LOVED it. Everytime an incident happened they wanted to go there. I knew a LOT of guys like that. It boggles my mind that you could say you never met anyone who didn't to see action. They wanted to see it and we saw it. If you recall the Stark incident in '87, I was at that one. After that nightmare was over, a lot of those guys wanted more. They wanted to bomb the fuck out of Iraq for that one. Don't tell me you never met anyone in the military like that. You are lying. You have to be.