should young adults have to do national service?

Answer 1

I think it should be a requirement to receive financial aid for school... but i don't think is should be mandatory for everyone... I think everyone should have to either join the military for 2 years, or help with the red cross or habitat for humanity, some organization that forces a young person to help someone other than theirself

Answer 2

National Service would be great for those who don't go to college and for those who are recent graduates of college.

This service doesn't mean you have to join the military. You would have the choice of the Red Cross, America's Corps, Peace Corps, Inner City programs, etc....

Most young adults take granted and advantage of what was given to them at birth. Young people are materialistic and have no idea how this country or world work. They need a dose of real world life. This country glamorizes people like Paris Hilton.

In exchange for National Service then a certain kind of benefit should be incorporated that not even the rich can buy.

Spoiled kids usually become spoiled adults who have no concept to what was given to them. Many young adults take everything for granted without ever learning what hard work went into it. Many young kids and young adults don't truly understand what a parent tells them, that is why they end up taking things for granted. You can only understand through actual life experiences of hard work and challenges.
2-4yrs of civil service is not losing years but gaining a true understanding of how our society works. Imagine the feeling of accomplishment someone would feel if they spent there days helping the children of New Orleans after the hurricane or imagine helping the homeless in a major city.
Imagine a future President of the U.S. one day telling the American public that his best formative years was learning about what this nation was truly about because he was there helping.

Answer 3

Absolutely not. That it one of the things that makes our military great is that it is an all volunteer force. When you start signing up people who do not want to do it you will get allot of dissension within the ranks and problems will arise. I do not believe it should be mandatory for an adult in America to have to do any type of national service it just enhances the sacrifice of those who already do. As a retired military member myself there is no way I would want troops who were forced to be there.

Answer 4

Should they "have to"??? NO!!!

Not all are greatly gifted in the "protection" end of our society...some are rather gifted in "business leadership", some in "labor", others in "sciences", etc....all young to old adults contribute their talents to the servicing of our nation...it is a life-long dedication...

...and most effective when our governing (incl. military)systems operate as balanced & focussed unities...Re-creating the sense & power in bi-gendered leadership. Talent/contribution has no boundry of sex, or color...or any bias we worship--each & every American, of every situation, puts their part into making this country what it is. However, if you were to be marketing for filling openings...restoring the honor of government & military...Now, this would make these important jobs more inspiring to more of those who possess the necessary talents to be most effective in each of them...it's also a more attractive perk than college dollars alone.

The one freedom that's truly worth fighting for, Love, is our ability to utilize free-will choice...it is the greatest gift we pass on to our children...it is why so many want to be a part of us. Your statement suggests taking that freedom away--sounds a little like "manditory draft"...neither of which would ever be acceptable by an American today, and hopefully never will. It is not true that wise rulers do not need many in arms--they have the best of the all & that's all that's needed? Just a thought...

Answer 5

It'd be insulting to have to work with someone who was forced to do the job you volunteered and are proud to do. National service on the other hand is a great idea, having people work wherever they're needed, there's always a bedpan that needs changing at a hospital, trash that needs picked up at the park, and there's always blood that needs collecting at the red cross. I also think conscription wouldn't be such a bad idea, having civilians work jobs assigned under military members.

Answer 6

There is a big diffrence between " national service" and "serving in the military"

national service I consider to be like police, ff. red cross. In this case yes

the Military is the army navy national guard airforce marines

In this case the only way I would even consider it to be ok is if they didnt have enough people enlisting in the first place.

Answer 7

This is totally hypothetical it would never happen but I wonder if it would be a good idea for people 16-18 or 18-20 do required state or federal service not just military but a choice of fire fighting, disaster relief, hwy maintanance, elderly care, and different types of community service.

Answer 8

NO....and we shouldn't be the Don Quiote for the whole world either......unless your talking about national domestic service, and good luck with that one...where are most of our National Guard now????

Answer 9

yes, we would have less punks running the streets, they need to do like russia, and you have these choices, go to school, get a job be an athletic, go into service of some kind , or you just disapere, sounds horrible but it also is a fact of life.

Answer 10

Yes. I would like to see us institute a policy of required national service for all Americans age 18-21 and all legal immigrants applying for citizenship in there first 3 years here.

Everyone 18-35 would be required to go through a military boot camp of their choosing. After which, if they did not want to serve in the military, they could be assigned to companies developing and maintaining essential elements of the infrastructure: building and cleaning roads, bridges, schools, hospitals, etc. Serving in the military would pay more, of course.

There are two benefits to this. First, rich people would have to serve their country alongside poor people and minorities would have to serve alongside majorities. It would be good for classes and ethnic groups to get to know each other early on so they wouldn't be prone to generalize and demonize each other later on in life. Second, when everyone serves, then everyone in our country has at least one experience in common with everyone else. This too, can only benefit our nation.