I can't find one reason in refuseing the military life.. Of course you can get yourself into a battle over personality defects to your own time in the service.. .. How can a person run the "gamut" of entering and then following orders and then "out of the blue" all seems some how..un-warranted.. .. I don't even know one item about this person but figure from the news story he actually went thru the Re-Up phase of military service where they are offering money(bonuses)to stay in the service.. .. I think there are personality defects to the military life.. and its in ones own responsibility to dissolve the situation in a calm manner.. .. That's about it.. Blaming the military is like "throwing stones".. You'll take your chances.. I think the David and Goliath aspects get "glamourized" alot..publicity hounds en-circle lives and the whole affair becomes one of those "stick in your thumb" and "pull out a plum"..Sean Penn's interview seemed in the high end of publicity seeing how the military really has no mysteries..even secrets have no real bearing on personal ambition.