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Nah, can't allow people to go abroad and join armies and armed groups willy nilly. I'd say serving national service in another NATO country would be just about alright, but any armed group we don't have oversight over is not OK.
There are any number of armies and stateless militias around the world that may seem like nice chaps one minute, then commit atrocities the next. My personal pet peevee is UK teenagers joining the IDF as if it the most natural thing in the world.
And even if she was going to fight 'the good war', who knows what psychological damages she'd return with. Ex UN soliders, for example, have been known to do some pretty horrible things upon return to civilian life.