true or false conscript army are crap?

Question

last one for today..

Answer 1

The death toll between a conscript army and a volunteer army is wide. That's because the government is unwilling to keep conscripts alive. There was nobody yelling to get the U.S. military better equipment until after the military was voluntary. A WWII soldier had about $120 worth of equipment while the present soldier has thousands of dollars worth of gear on him to keep that soldier alive. The U.S. military has never made the top 10 most dangerous job after 6 years of recent fighting. There are at least 10 jobs more dangerous.

Answer 2

depends on the type of Army you want to have. For a military like the US has it would not be a good idea due to the fact it takes a few years for soldiers to get proficient on some of the advanced systems we use. As a general rule you can keep volunteers longer than you can conscripts. Also with volunteers you can train harder and longer than you can with conscripts due to the harder standards.
Now for an Army that does not have a lot of high tech gear, and money, a volunteer force would be crap. It would not have the pay to get good volunteers, and since they are using basic systems you can allow a steady stream of people coming and going without to much drop off. Both systems have there advantages and disadvantages. Wars can be won with either type of Army. Always remeber WW2 was won with conspriction and Desert Storm was won with volunteers.

Answer 3

With all due respect to any former draftees out there, a conscript army will not be as good as an all-volunteer force. There is no doubt you'll get some really excellent troops through conscription. It is just as likely to pick up some serious deadbeats, too. They are not all weeded out in boot camp, either. You end up with a mix of really competent, motivated people and people who just want to do their time and disappear. This is where the saying "20% of the people do 80% of the work" comes from. People who take pride in their job will perform better than someone who is just there to do that job and go home. You get fewer discipline issues with an all-volunteer force, as well. The deadbeats I mentioned above will incessantly get themselves and their squadmates into trouble. I have worked with a few people who were given the choice of prison or the military. I really wish they had chosen prison. They spent more time standing in front of some officer's desk at attention than they did doing their job. Being the NCO, I was usually standing there next to them waiting for my turn to rip their butt as soon as Captain, Major, or Colonel so and so got done ripping mine.

Volunteers are definitely better.

Answer 4

FALSE, a conscript Army is just as good because,
then you get a cross section of the country and the ones who are bad are weeded out in basic training. I have seen excellent soldiers who were drafted, especially in WWI, WWII, Korea and Vietnam!!
US ARMY(RET) 1958 - 1979
Vietnam Veteran 1967 - 1968 - 1971