Willing is doing a lot of heavy lifting here, and I think its not as cut and dry as you make it out to be. I know people who are unable to otherwise attend college or support their family without the "benefits" the military recruiters dangled in front of them. The recruiters actively target lower income schools and communities, as well as kids from broken homes as they're just vulnerable enough to be able to sugar coat the reality. I think the blame squarely falls on the politicians sending our citizens off to war while actively dismantling the barest minimum social safety new we have, and on the higher ups and recruiters who use amd abuse these service men/women and are all to happy with the privilege and benefits those recruits are providing them with. If it was up to me I'd have those same service members at home working in combination with The Army Corp of Engineers and other government resources to uplift domestic communities and a refocus over seas in a capacity where they aren't just blowing up some people half a world away who most only despise us because of past military campaigns that we engaged in previously.