[RenegadeRick]

That's a bit silly to say. I have done a total of 12 years in the service and I have killed nobody. I have never even carried a loaded weapon. In New Orleans, I had 32 rounds that never left my LBV.

Please define LBV. And that is your situation. You had some choice in your assignments, right? What kind of choice would draftees get? In war someone has to do the killing.

But the work I did in New Orleans was tough and gave me a sense of what I have and what it means to help people. I also evacuated 900 people from the Philippines after Mt. Pinatubo decided to loose it's cool in 1991 on my way to the UAE.

These situations are ones that certainly are about helping people. I am glad that there are service people filling these roles. Thank You, jimmydean.

 

[jimmydean]

Please define LBV. And that is your situation. You had some choice in your assignments, right? What kind of choice would draftees get? In war someone has to do the killing.

Sorry, LBV is your "Load Bearing Vest", it's what you carry your crap like ammo in.

I had some choice based on what my job was. Some poeple want to do the killing, I would rather do more with radio/sat coms, laptop geek type stuff.

When I look at manditory service, I think of peace time because I don't think we should be overseas at this point anyway (whole other can 'o worms). I just think that if everyone who enjoyed the freedoms that we have here in the US had to somehow "earn" it through some selfless service, they would be better for it (and we a better country for it too). I don't think the military is the only way either. 2 years tops doing something in support oof what we have, hell high school is 4 years for most people.

Military, police, civil service, food bank, soup kitchen, Habitat for Humanity, social work, or even Peace Corp. I also think it would help give kids direction or a sense of self at least.

 

[ChrisRobin]

Military, police, civil service, food bank, soup kitchen, Habitat for Humanity, social work, or even Peace Corp. I also think it would help give kids direction or a sense of self at least.

I agree 100%

 

[Changleen]

It's a pity that 'school' no longer serves that function.

 

[Ciaran]

It's a pity that 'school' no longer serves that function.

Indeed. It's also a pity that many parents do not serve that function either.

 

[luelling]

Crap...if they draft me....I'll leave this place (I have my Irish citizenship). It makes me mad...I do agree the rich should share the duty but the problem is that I don't feel I should serve when I was against this entire conflict in the first place. I'm not going to go die for someone's bad decision and for a leader that I feel is an idiot. If this was WWII I would enlist.....that was a war that was justified and right....now we fight more than ever becuase of politics. Some **** heads agenda isn't worth fighting for.