US Army infantry nine years and running, and I love it. When you are single, you can live like a rock star on the money you're paid (at least in the US). Get to travel everywhere on the good Uncle's dime, and I basically get paid to eat and lift when I'm not in the field. It's f-in great. Even being married, the fam is taken care of, all I gotta do is not get killed. Some things suck from time to time, but there's a lot of things in civilian life that suck. At least I always got three hots, a cot, and insurance