The all-volunteer force does work. These instances are rare.
/johnny
I served with draftees, since the draft for the Marines and Army ran from 1941 through 1973, draftee was common.
In WWII many Marines and sailors were draftees, and the Army that fought WWII was 93% drafted, a military that can’t turn an 18 year old teen into a good soldier is in trouble.
The all volunteer military is incredibly expensive, and is self destructing, the shortage of men has feminized the military as females, moms, and grandmothers had to be recruited to make up the shortages, we lack bench depth for major wars.
The 40 years of changes that the volunteer military has brought, has actually made it too late for a draft to save the military, since now, the draft would not be used to bring in men only, but would now reflect the volunteer military of males, females, and gays.
At least the draft could save money and create a large inactive reserve of trained GIs.
My first post to reply to this, I can’t stand this kind of talk.
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I do not want to serve with anyone that has been drafted.
The all-volunteer force does work. These instances are rare.
/johnny
As a Draftee, I did not like serving with you lifer mofos either....wait, maybe you never had the pleasure of doing so for your country, much less doing it at your country’s request.
Draftees accounted for 30.4% (17,725) of combat deaths in Vietnam, over 1.5 million were conscripted during the Korean War, and of 292,131 Americans that died in WW-II...about 60 percent of those (175,000) were draftees. I believe the families of these fallen “conscripts” would take issue with your strange idea that draftees were inferior.
Can I set you up as guest speaker at our next regional 1st Cav Association meeting, as your special knowledge of the the quality of drafted troopers should make for a lively discussion in the bar or even out in the parking lot, later.
heh
If you ain’t Cav, well you know the rest.