Like it or not, the US military offers educational opportunities that some people cannot afford by any other means. That some people who really want to go to collage are unable to afford a higher education in the US, is certainly not the military's fault. There are only so may scholarships to go around.

I have a friend who is in the Army, and is getting a business degree, while he works full-time training guard and reserve troops. Lucky for him he's single because otherwise, he doesn't have much of a life. Work. School. Work. School. And he is hardly a deranged "kill! kill! kill!" type.

Yes, we should be paying people who want to be teachers. Remember, though, it's college athletic coaches who make the big bucks. But that's another story for another thread.