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Having visited many countries during my service, I saw the pros and cons of mandatory service. So my question to the community is, Should America stay a voluntary service, or should we implement the Mandatory Service requirements for our youth?
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I oppose conscription with every fiber of my being.
The only way I would be for mandatory service is if it was as an UN paid reserve (militia) status and you only attended 2 weeks of initial training (maybe during high school).
The only way I would be for mandatory service is if it was as an UN paid reserve (militia) status and you only attended 2 weeks of initial training (maybe during high school).
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LTC (Join to see) - I shudder at that thought and is particularly heinous at this time. I don't give a darn what the world expects (us staying to home) to do. I think we are heading to an apocalypse if our Congress does do what they can do to fix this.
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As a society, every able-bodied person, at a minimum, should be taught what they should do in the event of an emergency. Failure to do this exposes us to an inevitable collapse whether because of a man-made or natural event.
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More like back to the point of mandatory service. I would like to see this happen, although with the entitlement generation coming into it's own, well it may not be wise. There are some who would benefit from serving in the military, and some who are serving who don't seem to grasp what it means to wear the uniforms of our armed forces. My only hope is that if we go back to mandatory 2 year service commitments or longer, they aren't or won't be trained by the latter group. So much for my .02
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Unless there is a *drastic* change worldwide that compels the full mobilization of the industrial strength of the United States, I would rather have the military stay all-volunteer. I'd rather sit in a foxhole with another joe that wants to be there instead of someone who was forced under the weight of law.
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