Army is a good place to keep quiet and think, because you seriously have nothing better to do other than looking forward to your next bookout, or sleep. If you don't exercise your mind for long periods of time, you can slowly feel your intellect draining away as you go about your daily routines; even the reading of a simple paragraph can pose as a problem after several days of stoning.
Digressing from the previous two paragraphs, I wonder what my life would be like after army. As it is at the present, I have the same end-of-year aim as most of the other years of my life, which is to not screw up exams (Yes, I'm retaking A' levels this year and possibly also next year for those who don't know). I need more worthwhile goals ...