My anecdotal experience is that those who volunteer for the combat arms--infantry in particular--are looking for a fight. Those who volunteer for combat support and especially combat service support are looking for something else. That something else often is college money and/or a marketable skill. If college money and/or a marketable skill are the object, then the war is a negative factor to be weighed in. If one is looking for a fight, then one joins the combat arms. Since the combat arms are a fraction of the total service, perhaps the war-seekers are so outnumbered by the war-endurers that the overall impression is that volunteers are putting up with war to get the prize they seek.
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