Alot of kids would go to a private school that final year and get a "certificate" of some type...to avoid this whole joke. Lets face facts...less than 60 percent of the kids in America are in decent enough shape at 18 to go through the military. You have so many obese kids...along with kids who simply can't read or comprehend enough to be in the miltary. And the "special" kids...the ones who are extreme left-wing and question all authority...how would any military unit establish control over these kids? I'd have 10 NCOs trying to handle 20 anti-authority kids...total waste of manpower. I've seen this problem before...and today's military doesn't waste time...you act anti-authority...you get the ticket home. You never serve out the four years.
Kerry will find this plan to be hard to pass though congress...which I think is the reason they keep hinting at it...if congress doesn't buy off...then it can't happen.
I'd have 10 NCOs trying to handle 20 anti-authority kids...total waste of manpower.
And that is what I meant by dumbing down our military. They would spend all their time handling lawsuits brought by anti-authority figures against them and if these figures stayed in the military the NCOs would be relegated to babysitting them. It would be total chaos. I don't doubt for a minute that Kerry knows this and actually hopes to see it happen.
Look at the furor over the draft. Why would anyone think mandatory community service would be received any differently?
A good DI or Gunny can work off those extra pounds in no time!