@bairaghi,
Don't think military personnel are uneducated guys.You have to have at least bachelors or masters to become army officers.
To be honest I joined army to get American citizenship.and yeah most people join army for reasons. After I graduated I didn't want to go for consultancy coz I was little bit scared with their job placement procedures. I also didn't want to do asylum coz I was never attacked by maoist in Nepal.So, I had army as my another option and I was grown up in Army family I always had interest joining army.And now I feel glad I joined .no regret at all.
Never been deployed to afghanistan or Iraq.