I really and truly felt, when I took my oath of enlistment, that I was still serving the Constitution. Like the IIIers and the Oath-Keepers, I thought that I had a higher duty. It wasn't until later on that I realized what an absolute farce the whole thing was, and how horrific the actual enterprise of war - and the state in general - actual was.

Like they taught me in Basic: life is garbage. Embrace the suck. And it sucked hard when I realized just how awful the state really is.