Do you think every American should serve a term of no less than two years in the National Service?

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E.G. Civilian Conservation Corp

Charles S: What stopped the Vietnam War was the fact that there was a draft. Because there isn’t one now, Americans just don’t care because it doesn’t affect them.

Wilddraft1: I stand by my statement and I’m shocked that a military man wouldn’t. DO you have any clue as to how many soldiers are on their third term of duty because Americans simply are not volunteering? You may have had the balls to join because you wanted too, but many need to simply step up to the plate.

We have soldiers actually killing themselves so that they don’t have to return. It seems unfair that many people sit on their bums and spout off about how they shouldn’t have to go. What about the ones that ARE going?

After all the National Service is a big step down from actually serving in the military.

Answer 1

I agree. It would be a great uniter and by giving people some choice we can get a lot infrastructure built domestically. I remember camoing at CCC built facilities as a child and some of the adults using the facility with their children had helped build them when they were young men during the depression. They regaled us with great stories.

Obviously the military still needs its volunteers, but if everyine had to spend some time at some form of national service I suspect they would get more volunteers.

Answer 2

Nope, we couldn't afford it.

Two years of national service would mean a military of 10 million servicemen and women.

We don't have the bases or the barracks to house them.

We don't have the training facilities to train them.

We don't have the facilities to clothe or feed that many servicemen and women.

As to you point that soldiers are doing third tours because not enough people are enlisting.

You are wrong, we are meeting the enlistment goals in all branchs of the military.

The average first enlistment soldier, is deployed just once during his first enlistment.

Some , a small percentage are deployed twice.

The soldiers who are deployed more often, are soldiers who have reenlisted in the military and are now NCO's.

So even with national service, those soldiers would still be deploying again, to act as NCO's for those new millions of recruits.

We wouildn't have jobs for 8 million two year wonders, they couldn't be given technical training, because they simply wouldn't be in the military long enough.

So exactly what would they do all day ?

And even during Vietnam, only 10% of the draft age males were actually drafted.

Answer 3

An all-volunteer military is a much stronger military than one that has a bunch of people who don't want to be there. Some people just simply aren't cut out to be in the military, period. I'll tell you, I know a few guys who are so soft they can't stand a temperature change, to say nothing of braving a tear gas chamber during training exercises. I know guys who couldn't drive a nail, to say nothing of running ten miles a day. They'd have trouble punching a guy in a bar who had just punched them first, to say nothing of drawing a bead on the enemy's forehead and squeezing the trigger.

No, while it's a noble idea, it would only weaken our military to have people in it who just don't have the physical abilities or the mindset.

Answer 4

I'm all for Universal Military Training. Two years in the armed forces. After that if a person wants to 'do good' that's fine with me. People should do good. But there's no service like military service. No kiddin'!

Answer 5

No -why would I want to be sent off to some foreign country, fight an illegal war, possible be killed or Mane and the war mongers will not send their on kids. So no because national service corp is a republican back door way for a draft.

Answer 6

I believe this falls somewhere under part of being a free country. It seems to me that forcing everyone into service rubs a little against the grain, doesn't it?

(FYI: 8 years US Army, 82nd Airborne. 2 deployments to Central America and 1 to the Middle East....because I felt it was my duty, not because I HAD to).

Answer 7

Yes. It teaches the young people to have discipline in their life. And also allows them to become leaders of men, and be able to appreciate freedom and those who have served in the military to continue to keep this country free.

Answer 8

Yes. People need to meet others from different areas of the country.

Answer 9

It would help.

It would certainly help.
I mean I think it would go a long way just to emphasize speaking English again. But your adopted notion here is even better.

Answer 10

Yes