After all his training the son wants to join the army! Guardsman in the
Coldstreams or Grenadiers.

If he can get into the Guards, he's doing well from the kick-off.

And as others have said, the enormous side-benefits are (compared to
other prospects) without number.

_Of course_ he runs the dangers of death or being maimed: he knows that.
A lot of people today talk as though such things "didn't ought to exist"
--- we must be the first generation (and the only country) on earth who
can't deal with such prospects. Your Dad, and perhaps your Grandad may
have said your son must be mad -- but the army that they knew was
completely different to this one, for several very good reasons. And
what's more their generations had alternative employments open.

*Good* for your son: let us know if he makes the cut for the Guards.


[What's this got to do with gardening?]

John