what I want to know is...
Have you ever thought of joining any one of the defence forces?
Yes, I did.
Or have you already BEEN in an army type thing?
No, I decided against it.
What about those youth group things like scouts or being a cadet?
Boy Scouts
hmmm?
I said: BOY SCOUTS
Do you think a regimented and ordered life would be hard to follow?
No
Do you think soldiers shouldn't bother with the actual thinking part of war? Or does it really matter as long as they do the job?
It turns out, in the more modern forces, soldiers are required do do the thinking.
The modern US Army is the best practitioner of the new approach. In combat, American soldiers aren't given orders. They're given assignments. They are not told where to stand and where to shoot, they're told what they are supposed to accomplish and it's assumed that they will themselves figure out how to do so. Indeed, the operation cannot succeed if they don't. It's not just that they are permitted to exercise individual initiative, it's required of them.
There's a link to the argument below, which (in part) traces the benefits of a thinking soldier through history.
Why would someone JOIN the army to begin with? To be a hero? To be regularly paid? WHAT? tell me.
I wanted to join the airforce in order to learn to fly.
What sort of people join?
All sorts, don'tcha know?
aerocontrols
"Well I'm in business, the business of kicking your a$$, and let me tell you...business is boomin'. I'm open for business, the business of givin' you the business...
Soylent Green is my kind of people.
Tricked! 
*NM*