Farming?
Education?
Technology?
Obsolete?
2007-05-14 06:11:58 · 13 answers · asked by The Lamb of Vista 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
Real jobs. They'd have to get real jobs.
Not as strange as you might think, the US didn't always have a standing army. Some countries count on reserve forces almost entirely for their defense. And yet there are a few countries that have done away with their armed forces completely.
2007-05-14 06:23:25 · answer #1 · answered by maxnull 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
There is no foreseeable future where there will not be a need for a military. And for your information the few times that the US has shrunk the military as a peace dividend the next conflict caught the nation unawares and unprepared. War may be an ugly thing but the need for security is the reason that an army stands. To answer the assertion that there is no need for a military consider this. The US becomes an isolationist power. Pulls back from everything. The borders still need to be defended. What state has no army? Greenland. Micronesia maybe. Heck even San Marino has a standing albeit tiny army. Nuff said.
2007-05-14 13:48:52 · answer #2 · answered by DietrichVonQuint 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Quick reponse to a natural disaster.
Remember the Tsunami. An aircraft carrier was sent to help. Now you ask, what can an aircraft carrier do? Turn seawater into fresh drinking water. Provide meical care ( carriers have doctors and medical personnel aboard) Provide helicopers for search and rescue.
Army engineering units can help clear rubble, provide police to provide law and order.
Within a day, the military can set up kitchen facilities to provide 10.,000 meals a day.
All useful things, war or no war.
2007-05-14 14:10:29 · answer #3 · answered by TedEx 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just because war ends doesn't mean that human nature does too. A military's main function is for protecting a nation's interests.
2007-05-14 13:39:52 · answer #4 · answered by littlevivi 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The primary function of the military is deterrent and it still would be if all wars were ended.
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2007-05-14 13:19:03 · answer #5 · answered by ฉันรักเบ้า 7 · 3⤊ 2⤋
to ensure national security and social stability ... also to ensure social control without a military the world would be pretty ruleless
2007-05-14 15:15:15 · answer #6 · answered by sammie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no military is like leaving ur car unlocked with money, jewelry, clothes, stereo equipment... u get the point
in the ghetto!
2007-05-14 13:25:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They could make some great war movies.
2007-05-14 13:16:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
if all war ended. yeah that happens a lot.
2007-05-14 13:44:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Enforce political tyrrants rules.
You do of course realize, that by asking this question, you have broken about 4 laws, and are subject to immediate arrest.
2007-05-14 13:20:44 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋