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Offline 1Cane

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Re- instate The Draft
« on: November 08, 2024, 11:52:40 PM »
                                                          Three separate Branches
    First Armed Forces 30-month enlistment
    Second Border enforcement and transportation of illegals 36- month service
    Third would be conservation Unit, Maintain Federal land, orderlies at hospitals and grounds men
     maintain border right of way 36-month enlistment
     All take the same basic training before their separate advanced training/no wash out till failing basic
     training for third time
    No deferments
    Both sexes
    Draft by lottery
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Re: Re- instate The Draft
« Reply #1 on: November 09, 2024, 01:17:49 AM »
have you served?


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Re: Re- instate The Draft
« Reply #2 on: November 09, 2024, 07:35:14 AM »
Good luck with all that nonsense.
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Re: Re- instate The Draft
« Reply #3 on: November 09, 2024, 08:24:15 AM »
have you served?


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Yes, I served Army 66-69. What difference does that make. The Navy has parked 5 ships due to staffing shortages. The border needs to be sealed and right of away maintained. The third Joice would allow those who don't want to carry a weapon to still serve their country

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Re: Re- instate The Draft
« Reply #4 on: November 09, 2024, 08:27:50 AM »
Good luck with all that nonsense.
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Re: Re- instate The Draft
« Reply #5 on: November 09, 2024, 08:45:18 AM »
They would need to change the physical fitness requirements first. Then an extended and rigorous boot camp would be needed.

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Re: Re- instate The Draft
« Reply #6 on: November 09, 2024, 10:00:59 AM »
The Navy has parked 5 ships due to staffing shortages.

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Re: Re- instate The Draft
« Reply #7 on: November 09, 2024, 10:20:29 AM »
They would need to change the physical fitness requirements first. Then an extended and rigorous boot camp would be needed.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2022/09/28/new-pentagon-study-shows-77-of-young-americans-are-ineligible-military-service.html


 Go through basic 3 times you would pass physical standards
Reinstate PE in schools, will make for healthie people
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Re: Re- instate The Draft
« Reply #8 on: November 09, 2024, 10:29:02 AM »
Have any children and if so would they be eligible?
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Re: Re- instate The Draft
« Reply #9 on: November 09, 2024, 10:52:24 AM »
Go through basic 3 times you would pass physical standards
Reinstate PE in schools, will make for healthie people

Would it not be better to focus on logic, ethics and those areas of education pertaining to creative problem-solving. Then they could solve the world's issues with new ways, instead of resorting to enforcing old patterns because of a lack of ideas, not infringe other people's freedoms and spell healthy correctly, no?
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Re: Re- instate The Draft
« Reply #10 on: November 09, 2024, 10:56:58 AM »
Yes, I served Army 66-69. What difference does that make. The Navy has parked 5 ships due to staffing shortages. The border needs to be sealed and right of away maintained. The third Joice would allow those who don't want to carry a weapon to still serve their country

then you would know the laws and how dangerous it is to change them.



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Re: Re- instate The Draft
« Reply #11 on: November 09, 2024, 11:03:31 AM »
Do not need a draft. What we really need is a basic outdoors and military pre-basic training in 6th grade and 11th grade in high school. Nothing too crazy, just basic survival skills, fishing, hiking, self defense skills and Situational Awareness. Nothing too extreme, but enough to teach self discipline and survival tactics. This may encourage more kids to join the military since they would be able to learn about it earlier. But it would teach our kods some sort of real-world problem solving and skills. They've removed all out door skills completely.
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Re: Re- instate The Draft
« Reply #12 on: November 09, 2024, 11:04:50 AM »
   a Roman quote "If you want Peace prepare for War"

As they sat at a far-flung outpost 1500 miles from Rome drinking local wines from lead-lined mugs.

So nearly 3% of the population, according to the Dingus falls between 18 and 21. How do we pay for such a force that may contain upwards of 9 million draftees?

Well, it might work as 8 out of 10 of that fat-assed sector can't do a pull-up or run a mile. Maybe the washouts go to school and learn a trade or make progress in science and techno....oh wait, that's unaffordable to all but a few.

So in a nutshell you are saying remaining status quo is the way to go?


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Re: Re- instate The Draft
« Reply #13 on: November 09, 2024, 11:50:29 AM »

Draft won't change the fact that a higher percentage of people than ever are incapable of performing basic soldiering.

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Re: Re- instate The Draft
« Reply #14 on: November 09, 2024, 12:03:02 PM »
What do you need basic soldiering for? When was the last time that was needed on US ground?  :cheers:
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