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Message: <blockquote data-quote="D_Sinclair" data-source="post: 2507881" data-attributes="member: 21823">I'd say it was inevitable, given the number of military personnel that pick up the hobby while they're doing their time. After all, they need something to do when they've got time to relax and can't get off base or worse, off the ship.I game with about 20 people regularly in various groups, 17 of them served in the military. 6 of the 9 ex-navy guys served on the USS Independence alone, 1 was a SEAL, one was a quartermaster and one was Pentagon staff. Of the 6 Army guys, my boss was an artillerist and chemical weapons expert, 1 was airborne, 1 was a ranger, 2 were tankers and the last was a blackhawk pilot. The two marines were a rifleman and LAV driver in a recon unit. The air force guy was an aircraft mechanic and the last guy is still "in", working in the coast guard.If this issue is something you're encountering in the games you're playing in, rather than in game books you're reading, you might want to examine the group composition (or just the DM composition) to see if there is an overall trend to past military experience.Another issue to examine as an influencing factor is video games. I know modern military and technothriller first person shooters by far outnumber fantasy genre video games. If those types of games are popular with the group, that could be an influencing factor as well.</blockquote>