first of all, do you really feel that at the present the Chareidi community does not “give SOME form of service to the country”
What I should have said is some form of service to the country that even those who unfortunately are NOT machshiv Torah learning, will recognize as such. Like it or not, people who put their lives on the line to defend their country, do not generally see the value of a talmid chochom, as we do. Let’s say for example a bunch of guys sat by the river dam every day, sitting against the walls of the dam. They do nothing all day but sit against the walls, day after day, week after week, month after month, and year after year. Meanwhile, everyone else is busy BUILDING new walls, in order to fortify the dam. They only see that those other guys are sitting and (to their mind and way of thinking) doing nothing at all. They don’t get that by sitting against the wall, they are actually fortifying the dam, and they resent these guys for letting them build the walls while they “do nothing” but sit.
That’s how the chareidi kollel guys are often viewed. It doesn’t matter to the ones who lay their lives on the line in the army that the yeshiva guys’ learning is spiritually holding back the flood of our enemies. All they can see is a bunch of guys with comfortable seats, doing nothing. If you could for just one tiny second see this through the eyes of someone who is not a dedicated frum yid, maybe you would better understand the frustration of those chilonim, and even some frum Jews, as well, who are themselves prepared to defend E”Y. This is not a glatt issue with a simple answer.
You are correct about Zaka, Hatzalah et al. They are major chassadim and services.