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We Need a Limited Military Draft
Military.com ^ | 29 Jul 2023 | Joe Plenzler

Posted on 07/30/2023 10:41:05 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican

It's time to change how our country fills the ranks of our military.

Since 1775, our nation has used a combination of volunteers and draftees to meet our national defense personnel needs, especially in times of crisis.

Today, the military needs only about 160,000 youth from an eligible population of 30 million to meet its recruitment needs. But after two decades of war -- both of which ended unsuccessfully -- and low unemployment, many experts believe the all-volunteer force has reached a breaking point. And American confidence in its military is at a low.

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KEYWORDS: draft; recruitment
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To: MinorityRepublican
Conflict and Number of Inductions

World War I Sept. 1917 – Nov. 1918 2,810,296 - 30+% were volunteers
World War II Nov. 1940 – Oct. 1946 10,110,104 - 38.8% were volunteers
Korean War June 1950 – June 1953 1,529,539
Vietnam War Aug. 1964 – Feb. 1973 1,857,304 - 75% were volunteers

the more draftees, the better chance to win.
61 posted on 07/30/2023 11:30:03 AM PDT by stylin19a (Golf is a game invented by the same people who think music comes out of a bagpipe. -- Lee Trevino)
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To: PeterPrinciple
effectively creating a military warrior caste that now appears more like a multi-generational family business than an organization that represents the true makeup of our democratic republic.

And yet.....the powers that be are worried because the majority of recruits come from [prior] military families......only those families aren't sending their kids off to the military, and the services aren't making recruiting mission.

I was a Marine infantryman. I joined in peacetime at 17 yrs old. I have four combat tours and am combat wounded [continued to re-enlist and go off to war even after I was wounded]. My younger brother went off to the Corps as an infantryman, and had two combat tours.

At one time, I would've been proud for my sons (I have four of those) to have followed in my footsteps.

No way in hell do I want them joining the military.

62 posted on 07/30/2023 11:30:24 AM PDT by Repeat Offender (While the wicked stand confounded, call me with Thy saints surrounded.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

No , we do not. Polidiots starting wars get limited if the people refuse to join.


63 posted on 07/30/2023 11:33:08 AM PDT by CodeToad (No Arm up! They have!)
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To: Repeat Offender

No way in hell do I want them joining the military.


I fully understand your point, but on the other hand if we are not there to change things, things won’t change.


64 posted on 07/30/2023 11:39:28 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: MinorityRepublican

For the purpose of equity, the draft should exclusively be of young women, until female combat deaths equal male.


65 posted on 07/30/2023 11:43:41 AM PDT by SauronOfMordor (The rot of all principle begins with a single compromise.)
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To: dfwgator

“And now a draft allows them to flood the military with folks who will have no problem putting down the patriots.”

They might very well try, but it would backfire on them fast and hard.


66 posted on 07/30/2023 11:46:31 AM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
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To: PeterPrinciple
I fully understand your point, but on the other hand if we are not there to change things, things won’t change

If Ike was President right now, he'll downsize the military.

67 posted on 07/30/2023 11:48:25 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: Bigg Red
And stop putting females in the military.

While I thank them for the service. It's a big no-no.

I'm fine with having females serve as our nurses and doctors in a gender segregated unit. Absolutely no fraternization between the sexes.

68 posted on 07/30/2023 11:51:12 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: ryderann

Amen. Well said.


69 posted on 07/30/2023 11:51:49 AM PDT by animal172 (This ain't the country I grew up in.)
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To: SauronOfMordor

“For the purpose of equity, the draft should exclusively be of young women, until female combat deaths equal male.”

I’d settle for requiring females to register. Even if they would only serve in non-combat roles, it would come as a big wake-up call.

Better still, only require them to register for the draft if they register to vote.


70 posted on 07/30/2023 11:52:30 AM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
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To: cgbg

The Lindsey Graham Brigade must be formed and sent to the Eastern Front with Lindsey and Michael McCaul and others.


71 posted on 07/30/2023 11:56:41 AM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: MinorityRepublican

Yeah, all you young guys join the Army and go fight for the 40 million illegal aliens who’ll be left behind, who will consume all the benefits, with no risk to themselves at all.


72 posted on 07/30/2023 11:58:04 AM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: Mr. N. Wolfe
The military has alienated traditional men with its woke ideology. Reinstalling the draft will result in the same outcomes the Tsarist army had in trying to draft Jewish men, who were similarly alienated due to Tsarist Anti-Semitism. They fled the country, cut off their trigger fingers, or claimed ineligibility for medical reasons. The last U.S. draft was not bringing in willing or compliant recruits in the latter stages of the Vietnam War. The leftist types who would be willing to join would need six months in a health camp to lose weight and build muscle before actual boot camps.
73 posted on 07/30/2023 11:58:39 AM PDT by Wallace T.
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To: eyeamok
I AGREE and it should begin with the Children and Grand Children between the ages of 17 and 30 of EVERY ELECTED or APPOINTED official in this country

Rich peoples kids go first. No deferments for college or sports. No exceptions. Thats a draft I could support.

74 posted on 07/30/2023 11:58:53 AM PDT by Newbomb Turk
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To: MinorityRepublican

First drafted should be children and grandchildren of legislative and executive branch members and staff.

That would ensure they have a real stake in the game. Of course we know which of his grandchildren Joe Biden would send.


75 posted on 07/30/2023 12:00:22 PM PDT by glorgau
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To: MinorityRepublican

A relative(nephew) was going to join the military only he looked at the woke BS and said up yours. He’s becoming a fire fighter.


76 posted on 07/30/2023 12:02:50 PM PDT by seabeeson
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To: dragnet2
Yeah, all you young guys join the Army and go fight for the 40 million illegal aliens who’ll be left behind, who will consume all the benefits, with no risk to themselves at all.

Exactly.

Solve two problems with one policy - All illegal alien invaders will be impressed into service for the Foreign Legion and sent to Ukraine, Korea, and any other place of U.S. engagement.

77 posted on 07/30/2023 12:04:09 PM PDT by T.B. Yoits
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To: seabeeson

“He’s becoming a fire fighter.”

A noble choice.


78 posted on 07/30/2023 12:09:58 PM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest )
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To: MinorityRepublican

Well that’ll help.

/sarc


79 posted on 07/30/2023 12:10:15 PM PDT by ExGeeEye (For dark is the suede that mows like a harvest.)
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To: dfwgator
And now a draft allows them to flood the military with folks who will have no problem putting down the patriots

Kinda like the Chi-Com military or the Tsarist.

80 posted on 07/30/2023 12:10:36 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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