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Dan did you read that Reddit AMA with the nuclear launch officer? http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/16jyia/iama_a_former_nuclear_missile_officer_i_spent/
Yeah I saw that awhile back. Good read.Dan did you read that Reddit AMA with the nuclear launch officer? IAmA a former nuclear missile officer. I spent years in an underground bunker. AMA : IAmA
I would support a required national service for all teenagers. It could be military or civilian. Civilian would be like teacher's aides, working in hospitals, anywhere that would benefit the nation. Rules would be similar to military with similar pay, rank and discipline. Would have to be 500 miles or more from home of record. Barracks living.
People would know that when they turned 19, they had the next two years to serve the country. No exceptions except for true physically handicaps. This would increase the age of College freshmen and would increase their desire to do well in college. It would also expose the young adults to all classes and demographics in living in a barracks situation.
When I was in the service, I met and lived with all sorts of folks that I wouldn't have even met casually in my life. Blacks, Indians, Asians, Whites, po-white trash, rich trust fund types, middle class, lower class, no class, high class, you name it. That experience taught me a lot that can not be learned any other way. It made me a better but still not perfect person.
It taught me both leadership and followership skills as well as independence, responsibility, and general life and citizenship lessons. It was invaluable.
A good argument can be made that it would do this country a world of good to reinstate a draft with no deferments that could be subject to politics or to who you know. A "citizen" army in this country has historically had benefits for the generation that serves, the one after, and most of all, for the country.
China, in this recent incident with our Navy, just basically told Obama and Kerry to piss off. It may become necessary sooner than you think.
I can't believe anyone on this board would look at Communist China's de-facto military slavery and think, "Hey, that would be a good idea here!"
WTF? And what I can't believe is that anyone on this board would (mis)construe what I said as "Hey, that would be a good idea here!"??
Might want to go read that again, with some thought behind it this time.
You are correct; I misread that part. The rest is still a slap in the face to the concept of freedom.