They can't even brainwash their own forces members out of being (alleged) 'nazi's', so good luck.

Does anyone genuinely know a single person who has served since the Korean war who was high achieving, intelligent, or even mostly normal?

Outside of wartime the military attracts underachieving losers, and it doesn't come with any type of social respect in Canada like it does in the states. Our military is a laughing stock who gets tossed UN babysitting missions.