This thesis presents an interview-based study that seeks to map the various reasonings regarding what motivates aspiring officers, cadets, to end their military service in liaison to studies conducted at the Swedish defense college. This in order to provide a brief overview of the, seeming major, causes as to why some cadets chose to end their affiliation to the military context. This study utilizes Fabrizio Battistelli’s and Martin V. Covington’s respective theories regarding motivation. These theories provide the structure and serves as main focal points when constructing and conducting the interviews. The findings in the paper suggests multiple motivational factors as to why the cadets, enrolled in this essay, chose to quit the military context. The most prominent thematic is closely affiliated with the individual’s intrinsic interest and desire for more reliable control over his, or her, time. It is also clear that the respondents deem the military’s personnel policy to be severely lacking in many different aspects which in turn results in an external factor that further motivates the individual to seek a career outside of the military context.