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Where..!I know where I would attack!
Where..!I know where I would attack!
You gonna ever have a situation where the Schweizer Deutsche are in the centre doing all the fighting ( the origional Vatican Guard was drawn from German Cantons only ) supported on the flanks by the French and Italian Cantons - I know where I would attack!
Each passing generation produces teenagers who are more and more brazen, disrespectful, lazy and ill-qualified for success in the real world. Thus, our society becomes more dangerous, depleted and dishonest every year. Conscription, when handled properly, can be an asset to the military, the society and the conscript. Mandatory military service may seem too drastic or impractical to implement, but it is a legitimate idea that deserves a fair discussion and open debate
During a major war it is understandable to have conscription, but during peace time I would disagree with it. Now you have got your established in a good civilian job and are making a success of life. What happens next you are called up just to keep the numbers up in the forces as the government does not want to pay the people in forces a decent wage to attract enough recruits, and those they call up they don't even pay them the same a regular soldier, yet they expect you to serve your country and to die for it. To quite honest they are just taking the p1ss.
Yes and no, in the sense that young people's physique is decreasing year by year, but then their technological knowledge is increasing. In the 60s they were accustomed to do hard manual work. Many came from an agricultural or factory job. Motivation was high and they had no issues with authority. These conditions are not present today.Then I have questions to you, Der Alte. You have been an officer through the Cold War in a conscript military. Did you see a decline with each generation?
From the mid 1950s, there suddenly was a very widespread military service commitment in Germany. The Cold War had begun, and the world stood for the first time facing the possibility of a nuclear, devastating war. It made the young men very confident and gave them the will to do military service. Although the Second World War was not far away in their consciousness, then the fear of a life under Soviet rule were more substantial, and so the odds were for a really great support for the military in the period.Was it a difference between the recruits in the 1960s and the 1970s?
No, it would not be economically feasible. During the Cold War, it was necessary to train volumes of conscripts, because territorial defense required a large reserve, while preparing for a war that thankfully never came. Compulsory military training occupies enormous resources in the military. The "factory" that trained conscripts during the Cold War had a different justification, because it required a large reserve to withstand a war with the Warsaw Pact.Further, do you think it had been better if the Bundeswehr had been a professional military during the Cold War?
Yes and no, in the sense that young people's physique is decreasing year by year, but then their technological knowledge is increasing. In the 60s they were accustomed to do hard manual work. Many came from an agricultural or factory job. Motivation was high and they had no issues with authority. These conditions are not present today.
From the mid 1950s, there suddenly was a very widespread military service commitment in Germany. The Cold War had begun, and the world stood for the first time facing the possibility of a nuclear, devastating war. It made the young men very confident and gave them the will to do military service. Although the Second World War was not far away in their consciousness, then the fear of a life under Soviet rule were more substantial, and so the odds were for a really great support for the military in the period.
Quite different however, was the end of the 60s. The youth Rebellion in '68 was the most obvious landmark in that period. For the young people it was now peace and love rather than war, and suddenly all interest in military training disappeared among marijuana pipes and flourished Volkswagen. You saw the military as an opponent and it was not a part of the youth rebels universe, that they should do military service.
Moreover, the U.S. war in Vietnam was extremely unpopular in Europe. Military service was regarded as being a mercenary in support of the imperialist America's war
No, it would not be economically feasible. During the Cold War, it was necessary to train volumes of conscripts, because territorial defense required a large reserve, while preparing for a war that thankfully never came. Compulsory military training occupies enormous resources in the military. The "factory" that trained conscripts during the Cold War had a different justification, because it required a large reserve to withstand a war with the Warsaw Pact.
Unfortunately, they get too much nutrition.
There are increasing numbers of obese young people. The medical examinations in the armed forces confirms this. Young people are more pasive today than they were. They spend a lot of time looking at a screen PC, Ipad or Iphone.
Thats not in the past man, I had a similar time and I'm 22. Working as a groundsman for an arbourist company now and let me tell you I'm getting bloody fit.
There will always be exceptions.Thats not in the past man, I had a similar time and I'm 22. Working as a groundsman for an arbourist company now and let me tell you I'm getting bloody fit.
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