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April 21st, 2008   Post 11
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I can confirm Le's account of events, from experience, like him. Some 50 years later, when I was able to check the archives of my regiment for the period in which I served, I found my dept. which was Battalion HQ in Middle East and UK. Although I was a amongst the senior corporals of the battalion, there was no mention of me or any of the other conscripts. Obviously, despite our contribution, we didn't really count, and those years showed no record, in the Regimental annals, that we ever existed. Sad for those who never made it back. I was proud of my efforts, handling an important one man job and soldiering without any difference between myself and regulars, except they got paid more.
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April 21st, 2008   Post 12
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April 21st, 2008   Post 13
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Mandatory public service, perhaps, is not a bad idea. Mandatory basic military training is, likewise, not a bad idea - it would provide a faster call-up should the need arise. However, actual service should remain volunteer except in cases of great and pressing need. It's just not worth the trouble to conscript troops when we don't really need them.
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April 21st, 2008   Post 14
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agreed, plus the basic fact of how much resistance we would encounter trying to do that.
 
May 5th, 2008   Post 15
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I don't believe in mandatory military service, but I think mandatory public service of some type out of high school for everyone. Of course, the ridiculously rich and illegal aliens would be able to avoid the service, though many of those could use it most. I'm thinking one year minimum, 3 years maximum, and educational benefits above and beyond room, board, and training. I would see mandatory out-of-state service so everyone would be living "on their own" for at least a year developing skills and a greater understanding of their place in the world. After service, each person will have earned credits good toward college or tech school.
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May 5th, 2008   Post 16
greenricho
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I don't believe in mandatory service for the public, but in some cases, we could probably do something like using repeat juvenile offenders that are headed down the wrong path to put into the service for a yr or so and then let them decide at the end of their training, whether to follow the right path or go back into the life they left behind and end up in prison for a majority of their lives
 
May 5th, 2008   Post 17
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Numbers in the forces is generally not the problem in peace time, it's money. Conscription would only exacerbate the problem.
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May 5th, 2008   Post 18
prot
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Hi there!


Say no to the f... Conscripts, hell no. And i am planing to elaborate this as much as possible.

Ex Yugoslavia, and her JNA, Yugoslav National Army had a that model, (exept Off, and some NCO, and maybe paras, and SOF, i don t know detailles because i did not had a chance to be called, i allredy sign a contract to newborn Croatian army)

wich collapsed with the first shoot.

They where demoralised, but prety good trained, but army was multinational, so can you imagine tank crew composed of 4 or 5 nation, and all of them are in conflict. of course Serbian member was a co.

Croatian army had a mandatory service since 1991-1992 until 2008, last generation was in january 2008 i think. To held such a system, first of all cost a lot, and second, lots of conscripts where uninteresed. They received monthly fee about 40 dollars or so per month. They served first 12, then 10, and at the very end 6 months. And they could choose to serve even as a civilian, helping older people, etc.

In the wartime , some units even participate in combat, mostly arty guys.

But at the end that was not good idea, i dont know if you know this fact but , we have some kond of military trainning in elementary, and high school during socializm. So i learned assemble/dissasemble rifle, land mines, NBC when i was 15, or 14 years.

See you, ask what ever you want, about this sh..t

Stay well!

Last edited by prot : May 5th, 2008 at 20:11.
 
May 5th, 2008   Post 19
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Quote:
Originally Posted by greenricho
I don't believe in mandatory service for the public, but in some cases, we could probably do something like using repeat juvenile offenders that are headed down the wrong path to put into the service for a yr or so and then let them decide at the end of their training, whether to follow the right path or go back into the life they left behind and end up in prison for a majority of their lives
What.

You want to give future criminals military training?
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May 6th, 2008   Post 20
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Quote:
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What.

You want to give future criminals military training?
Teach 'em all the boring bits.
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