Originally Posted by CyberSEO

Just don't try to even compare the US and Russian army. In Russia the military service is a duty, in the USA it's a job. Here every man of 18-27 year old has to serve in army. That's not his choice. He just has to do it and he won't get paid for that. Course we have a mercenary army as well (e.g. spetsnaz that are trained to be dropped into Western Europe and the USA in case of war to "take care" about your families if they've survived the nuclear strike). But those are getting paid for their job and nobody here gives a shit when they've got killed. They are fuckin' mercenaries.

So I want to make it clear: there are 18 year old kids who serve in army because they "must" and there are mercenaries who's getting paid for that. I I feel for the regular army kids and I don't give a flying fuck for paid soldiers.