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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
I don't know if I want my army polluted with some of these misfits. This isn't the 50's where you were given a choice of the marines or prison in the hopes that it would straighten them up.
The hallmark of a good professional army is that its based on volunteers that want to be there and do their services, not societies screw ups that need to get their asses kicked.
I am a fan of volunteer labor programs, where students are encouraged to volunteer to provide labor services to communities in need in the summer time. They can work on paving crews, they can build hospitals or plant trees or whatever, and maybe you give the volunteers extra credit to help them get into university.
but the last thing that I want to see is some snot nosed punk being issued a dangerous weapon around other human beings.
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Captain I generally agree with pretty much 100% of what you post regarding military matters, that being said however I have to respectfully disagree. First there are plenty of professional armies in which there is mandatory military service and in some cases these countries have some of the best armies in the world (Germany, Israel, Sweden, Finland...). Past that there are plenty of rejects who make their way into the army regardless and there are plenty of guys who I otherwise wouldn't have trusted with an old tin can that have gone through and make solid soldiers because of the training given. Maybe those little buggers wouldn't be a snot nosed punk at the end of basic.... the might be, but you never know.