Lot of hypotheticals in there.
Not to get into a pissing match on a video game forum, but:
I could get hit by a car today picking up my garbage cans in front of my house
Yes every marine a rifleman first but I will say this. After landing in Kuwait and getting to al-jabar air base the absolute FIRST stop was the armory to turn in our rifles. A week later we turned in our bayonets. Sure there was da nang during Vietnam but todays military, and enemy for that matter is very different. I say let the kid do what he wants. He will gain a life skill and be a better person for it.
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No attempt to start a pissing contest; if it seemed that way, my apologies. As a former member of the armed forces myself, I completely agree with everything you said. But you hope for the best and plan for the worst; looking at the worst possible case scenarios gives him an opportunity to make a better informed / thought out decision.