localgrizzly
Active member
I was reared to believe that every American man has a six year military obligation. That service to our country is not an option, but an obligation of citizenship.
do you agree?
do you agree?
FutureDevilDog said:To me It feels like an obligation to serve this great country, but it's not legally. Oh and it's 4 not 6 years.
localgrizzly said:Perhaps today. When I went in, it was considred 6 years. 4 years active duty and 2 years inactive reserve, or 3 years active duty and 3 years inactive reserve. Draftees did 2 years active duty, and 4 years active reserve.
And you're right, it's never been a legal obligation, but I was referring to a moral obligation.
Chief Bones said:If the question is "Should it be a moral obligation to serve your country for a finite amout of time?", then I would answer YES.
If the question is "Is there an obligation to serve our country?". then the answer is NO.
Citizenship is something which most Americans take for granted - however - as the veteren members of this forum know with absolute certainty, freedom has a price. The price has been paid by past and present warriors everytime they set foot in a combat zone to carry out the orders of their superiors and that price was usually tendered by the blood of our military members.
Will there ever be a time when the moral obligation becomes a legal reality - I CAN'T REALLY SEE IT HAPPENING.
bulldogg said:It should be an obligation
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