[learc83]

>PTSD depends on the mental strength of the individual.

People with PTSD don't have some kind of mental weakness. There's even evidence that many cases of PTSD are the results of undiagnosed brain trauma from IED detonations.

>A young women going into the Air Force

Yeah, for some people it's a good option. It's not a "great gig for kids" though in general--for the hundreds of thousands of people with PTSD and other job related injuries, it wasn't a great gig.

Something can't really simultaneously be described as both requiring tremendous personal sacrifice, and a great gig.