The Importance Of Mandatory Military Service In The US
Should there be a mandatory military service?
Should there be a Mandatory Military service in the US?
David Labore
Grantham University Should there be a Mandatory Military service in the US? The United States has the best military in the world. It has even been argued as the best ever in history. This has been accomplished with an all-volunteer military. The great armies of the past have been draft style, and mandatory style recruitment. The Roman’s started out as a volunteer force, but constant war caused them to change to the mandatory enlist for all able men. At that time their superiority fell and they lost control over their territory. For the Spartan’s it was also mandatory, but the idea that was enforced from birth is that you were training your body for the military. Here in the United States we have been and all volunteer force except during the Vietnam War when there was a lottery draft of all eighteen-year-old males. I did 20 years in the United States Navy and have seen over 100 sailors join the service, do their minimal 3 or 4 year terms, and then leave the service. Out of all these individuals I have met they all have one thing in common. They all don’t regret the time they spent volunteered in the military. I have noticed that they all love the country and most would do it again if asked. …show more content…
One way to do that is a requirement for all to serve side by side with their fellow citizen. This would create that common bond between all. (Jarvis, 1966) states, “The responsibilities of citizenship should be borne by more citizens, not alone by the relative small percent of young men who take up arms in combat to defend our Nation and concept of freedom.” If everyone had to serve in some capacity for the nation there would not be the feeling from some that the citizens take what they have for granted. Everyone would experience what it takes to keep what he or she
Should there be a Mandatory Military service in the US?
David Labore
Grantham University Should there be a Mandatory Military service in the US? The United States has the best military in the world. It has even been argued as the best ever in history. This has been accomplished with an all-volunteer military. The great armies of the past have been draft style, and mandatory style recruitment. The Roman’s started out as a volunteer force, but constant war caused them to change to the mandatory enlist for all able men. At that time their superiority fell and they lost control over their territory. For the Spartan’s it was also mandatory, but the idea that was enforced from birth is that you were training your body for the military. Here in the United States we have been and all volunteer force except during the Vietnam War when there was a lottery draft of all eighteen-year-old males. I did 20 years in the United States Navy and have seen over 100 sailors join the service, do their minimal 3 or 4 year terms, and then leave the service. Out of all these individuals I have met they all have one thing in common. They all don’t regret the time they spent volunteered in the military. I have noticed that they all love the country and most would do it again if asked. …show more content…
One way to do that is a requirement for all to serve side by side with their fellow citizen. This would create that common bond between all. (Jarvis, 1966) states, “The responsibilities of citizenship should be borne by more citizens, not alone by the relative small percent of young men who take up arms in combat to defend our Nation and concept of freedom.” If everyone had to serve in some capacity for the nation there would not be the feeling from some that the citizens take what they have for granted. Everyone would experience what it takes to keep what he or she