I was fairly solitary. I didn't like structured learning. People didn't seem to be my cup of tea.
There are those who wrap themselves in flags and blow the tinny trumpet of patriotism as a means of fooling the people.
To be a soldier one needs that special gene, that extra something, that enables a person to jump into one on one combat, something, after all, that is unimaginable to most of us, as we are simply not brave enough.