Well, the ads around here talk about learning a trade (for the support roles), learning leadership and all (for officers) and seeing the world (for the navy).
But, well...it's something that appeals to young people, particularly men.
I remember on another forum a deeply disturbing comment by a Thai military officer on why the minimum age for soldiers had to be so young (it came up in a discussion about US soldiers being able to die for their country before being old enough to drink).
It went along the lines of "Sometimes we need young men to run into machine gun fire, and people past their teens won't want to do that".
But, well...it's something that appeals to young people, particularly men.
I remember on another forum a deeply disturbing comment by a Thai military officer on why the minimum age for soldiers had to be so young (it came up in a discussion about US soldiers being able to die for their country before being old enough to drink).
It went along the lines of "Sometimes we need young men to run into machine gun fire, and people past their teens won't want to do that".