They left. Those men are no longer in the military. They either never joined or were pushed out.

Keep in mind a standing federal military is inherently degenerative. You're basically a mercenary for the government. This whole concept of "nationalism" and having a standing army is brand new to the world and it's not a good one. The true warriors in society that would live by honor and a good moral code would never join the military of any nation given the way it organizes. In the middle ages, the actual knight societies were separate from government, they weren't the government. That's what our founding fathers desires with having standing militias. In ancient times you had city states not giant federal mercenary armies like now. Mercenaries never lived by a code. National armies are glorified mercenaries. If you want justice you need true warriors like Knights that no longer exist. The actual warriors of society aren't in the military.