King of America

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Originally posted by jdbutler


Who said anything about volunteering? This country should emulate the Israeli's...Mandatory training for everyone to become a citizen/soldier and serve thier country for 2 years.

To all of the young liberals lurking...I do believe the draft will be reinstated after the elections no matter who wins as our military is stretched too thin and enlilstment and reinlistment numbers are dwindling. Drop down and gimme 20, Private Rueda!

1) as someone who has been in the military for the last 12 years (USAF, USAFR, ANG) seriously, no draft, if you want them in some sort of civilian, social-service capacity - i'm ok with that. but the leadership in the miiltary still remembers the quality degradation due to soldiers who didn't want to be there. the draft is not advocated by any career member of the armed services, that i know of.

2) as far as i know the enlistment quotas are still being met ahead of schedule. i haven't looked up the numbers but i am in regular contact with a handful of recruiters. the only complaint that i have seen is that the quotas aren't allowing for enough growth to keep up with the growing demands. there are more people that are not re-enlisting, but that is true anytime there is a heavy deployment schedule while there are jobs in the civilian community.