There's a lot of people who make the military their career and have as much to do with "war" as an average civilian that pays his taxes or votes for politicians. Up here in Canada we've got Rangers up north, they deal with northern emergencies, rescues, etc. I had a buddy before who spent most of his career providing water purification equipment/knowhow to areas of the world where drinking water resembles toxic waste. What you see on TV is largely hand-picked bullshit.
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Yes, they do other things too, but that is not their main purpose and usually these things should be covered by disaster response organisations that are ONLY focused on peace. That said, i am not saying you must think the same way i do - not at all. I'm saying: i support anyone who stays as far away from war as possible - and military is an organisation that as war as it's main focus. Billions of dollars are mostly not spend on preventing natural disasters, they are spend on weapons to kill people. And i don't like that - that's all i am saying. Not arguing with you about what you have to think or believe at all.
btw.: your very own post shows a person shooting guns and throwing grenades - so, yes, that is part of war, not of disaster rescue. Just saying.