I believe that if you are active duty then you should be granted all the same rights as those of a 21 year old. This is to include the authorization to drink a beer if you want. Currently our military between the ages of 18 - 21 are expected to fight and die for their country, but god forbid if these same individuals drink a beer. If so then it's article 15 time.
I think we would have high school graduates knocking down the recruiters doors if they were given all rights as those of a 21 year old. Realize having the right to drink a beer is not that great in most peoples minds, but think it is important in the minds of our teenager and will thus increase military recruitment goals.
2007-03-27 13:00:32 · 9 answers · asked by Herm 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
The military is broken down into four different mission:
1. Peace keeping
2. Offense
3. Defense (including putting down riots, drug interdiction, defense of facilities ect.).
4. disaster recovery (from natural and major man made disasters).
As far as offensive missions go, I believe that the present system is good enough.
As far as natural recovery, much of the outsourcing has been a major disaster. People were paid to get people out of New Orleans before the hurricane struck and people were paid to rescue New Orleans people, but those people ran away and never came back. Now you don't need to know how to fire a M-16 to fight a forrest fire and pull sombody out of a flood area. People in the National guard should be able to pick and choose what areas they want to go into rather than be treated as strictly military units that happen to have other duties. If the government wants soldiers, they should be increasing the size of the army.
I have no problem if Sean Penn and Jane Fonda want to join the National Guard just to fight forrest fires, be there when natural disasters occur and maybe even to put down riots or do peace keeping work in certain countries (again with the pick and choose).
2007-03-27 15:57:55 · answer #1 · answered by gregory_dittman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure, being able to drink is a big deal to alot of teens, but is that enough to raise recruitment rates? No, not really. In fact that used to be the normal way things were.
When I joined the army in 1983 I could drink at any club on base at age 18. I could also come home to Tennessee and go into any Liquor store, show my military ID and buy anything I wanted. But even then there were problems in getting enough recruits in the armed forces.
The answer is to reduce the perceived bad things about joining. For most humans, the drive to avoid pain is stronger than the drive to seek pleasure. Why would you join the army if you felt there was a good probability you might have to fight in a prolonged war where you might die or get injured?
There have always been wars, but I think with the wider global presence of U.S. Forces, and the increased number of conflicts we are in in different places, more teens question if they believe strongly enough in our causes to get involved.
We will have to educate people as to the real reasons for our wars and why that is important if we want them to be willing to take the increased risks.
2007-03-27 13:16:34 · answer #2 · answered by Wolverine 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It might seem great at the time, but they will regret joining the military to just drink beer. It's just an impulse decision and I think it would be very wrong to change that, because you will have a bunch of punk kids in the military who don't even want to be there. The salary of the military is f'in rediculous, it needs to be doubled for sure, maybe even tripled. The GI bill should be expendable and you should be able to give it to any family member. The money you make as an airman is utterly ridiculous!
2007-03-27 13:15:36 · answer #3 · answered by Tim A 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that we have to have a cause that is worth fighting for, and not just one that allows more people to get even richer off of the toil of our dying soldiers. Directly after 9/11 recruitment was at an all time high, because it was a just cause, now, I do not know.
2007-03-27 13:09:13 · answer #4 · answered by Theodore M 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'd rather we try to attract people who wish to make a difference in their personal lives and in the world. Push the GI Bill, the benefits package, the on-the-job training. We don't need more recruits...we need more GOOD recruits.
2007-03-27 13:13:44 · answer #5 · answered by Michael E 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Do what they did on Family Guy when Stewie and Brian join the Army
2007-03-27 13:08:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Exactly how many times are you going to ask this question?
2007-03-27 13:03:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
theirs not one people know what is in iraq take it from a 1lt
2007-03-27 13:06:41 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Triple their salary.
Triple their retirement package.
I am not joking, they deserve it.
2007-03-27 13:04:47 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋