Re: This surprises who, exactly?
It seems that Hollywood and the TV people are partly to blame. They portray military, LEO and Feds as "cool cowboy" types with lost of slang in their speech etc. and so many have grown up with that, they think it;s real. And it has become real.
Stone did the same thing with Gordon Gekko. He'd intended him to come across and an asshat and as a condemnation of his behavior; instead he created a template that pretty well every trader has wanted to follow ever since. Literally, the character defines what success looks like for that role.
Be careful what you make seem cool, because you just might make it the default. My wife still thinks my working day looks more like the Wolf of Wall Street than Clerks. Either of which would be a genuine improvement!
Biting the hand that feeds IT
