It used to be that there was a certain mindset going into the military. Those people would serve a couple of decades and then go in to pilot for another decade or two.
Now what goes into the military are a bunch of smug assholes who are looking to build their resume for government jobs and politics.
Better loan rates offers, grants, etc, are all available to people who can say they are a veteran.
Those grifters and DEI military folks installed by the Deep State mentality have created a void in many things. Policing, firefighting, pilots, mechanics, intelligence agencies, all of it has been screwed up.