ex-HYDRA.
They were good, they are. There's just a lot they don't understand. Or overlook because its easy to do that.
You defended him, cause he was your friend and that's what you're supposed to do. Practically family, right? So you became the guy that was always there for him and that just stayed the same in the army. And hell, maybe it did you good. I did try the army, apparently I didn't have the dicipline for it back then.
I didn't do it to let people stay good. I did it to save a life.