It's easy to be scared in times like this, especially when so many nerve-wracking conflicts are popping up or being highly hinted at, and the media just jumping into the frenzy.
It has been said already: that 2024 is a huge election year worldwide, and everyone is trying to get their share of the cake.
The invasion of Ukraine, the war in the Gaza Strip, and the looming possibility of war in Taiwan and the whole of the Middle East are providing the military sector with reasons to bargain/threaten.
One thing is for sure. As said in the "Russia invades Ukraine" thread, we are two years into the conflict and Europe still hasn't managed to increase its military-industrial output, not only to replace and reinforce the weapons we've supplied to the Ukrainian defense effort but also to modernize and increase our stockpile, just in case the United States bails out or is distracted with war in a different front.
It's obvious that military experts and majors from the armed forces are going to put pressure on the people and politicians to try and get our act together "before it's too late".
Also, bear in mind that the war is fought both on the frontlines and at home. The civilians, especially the ones with high skills, are going to be doing their "business as usual", only with the extra spice of "contributing to the war effort".
By that time, unless things turn to the very worst, you should be worrying less about "Am I going to be put in the frontlines" and more about "Am I OK with developing stuff that will intentionally kill people?"