Life in the military is some how like the streets, you are all alone, following drills and commands, having to know what would happen here and there, getting used to the situation.
Men or males leave their homes to join the army, knowing they may never return. Even though the army keeps the country safe it still costs lifes
The youth is yet to realise that there is a huge difference in what the old man has experienced and what he (the youth) had gone through. The old man had age in his defense