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I thought this was a volunteer army?

In the court of law, contract violations have to punished in a fair manner. If someone owes you thousand dollars worth of lumber and you sue them for the lumber plus $50,000 in damages, your case will be thrown out.

The soldier needs to be punished for violating the contract, but instead of jail time he should lose all his benefits and perhaps a fine.