[Skybird]

So he volunteered, but then wanted to cherry-pick his assignments and wars. That is deserting, plain and simple.

With a draft in place one could always argue that while the army does and cannot make a difference between men joining voluntarily and men who get "kidnapped" and forced against their will to serve, avoiding service and fleeing from the official kidnapping is no deserting, but morally perfectly legitimate self-defence. Lets face it, a draft system is injust and morally not defendable.

But he volunteered. All the above was thus not valid for him.