As a vet, I agree.
I can't believe we are discussing recruiting in the context of the military. That being said, it only weakens the original point about how mature 18 year olds are. We would have a hell of a time with our all volunteer army without naive 18 y/o kids. Most were shocked they had been lied to by their recruiters - I guess they will never get it.
Adults deemed too immature to handle alcohol.
Yet mature enough to wage war.
There it is. I was waiting for you to play the öld enough to wage war card". You may RXACTLY know how recruiting goes. I EXACTY know the recruiting process I know EXACTLY how the military is populated, not many mature people it's pretty much a GIANT ball of testosterone. Not all 18yr old "ádults" are as mature and ready for life as you and your apparently quite elite set of friends.