Ewww fuck no. Let's not put all of our young people through the meat grinder.
Edit: may have misinterpreted
Is he talking military or something else?
Military.
Buttigieg mentioned that for him and several former presidents, including John F. Kennedy and George H. W. Bush, serving in the military allowed them to meet and build trust with people of starkly different backgrounds, education and income. Buttigieg served in the Navy from 2009 to 2017, including a deployment to Afghanistan.