Let me state first of all that this is a serious observation, although it might be not be appropriate in this forum. Still it is a psychological issue I don't quite understand and I'm a Psych Major.

I joined ROTC, and since about a month they teach you a lot. You salute Officers, respect the flag, wear your uniform a certain way. It was a total lifestyle change. The reality is that I may be put behind a desk doing tedious work, and it doesn't sound all that great but for some reason I want to make it my career.

I joined because my Dad told me I should, so I did. Going into this I felt nothing towards the flag, and had no realistic idea on how being in the military was like, and how structured it was. Like I said, I want to make it my career now and actually get aroused when thinking of The Flag, America or the branch of service I'm on my way to join. You can't get into this half-assed; when I come to the conclusion that I'm ingesting the virtues and ideologies and propagating them, it feels like they planted something in me, but it's something I like now. Today in class I actually got aroused when thinking of the American Flag.

All due respect, this is truthfull and mean to bring no shame to The Flag or the Military. This is just a psychological observation.