...Should Military Service Be Mandatory in the United States? Angela R. Jewell Non Commissioned Officer Academy – Advance Leader Course # 13-003 Should Military Service be Mandatory in the United States? In the world today, there is approximately fifty percent of countries that mandate their citizens to serve in their military for an extended period of time. Those countries that do require their citizens to serve base it on the simple fact that they need to be ready for war AT a moments notice and if all their citizens know how to fight they will succeed in any battle in which they are placed. Israel, Brazil, South Korea, Mexico, Germany, and Russia are some examples of democratic countries that require their citizens to serve the national government, not just in the military, in order to mold a better-quality adult in today’s world. With any serious subject that is being considered for implementation, there are those who believe that such an action would be beneficial to any country and those that deem it would do nothing but tear down a society and what a country stands for. As this topic is debated in the United States, both sides need to seriously consider if the implementation of national service helps build the patriotism of its young, if it helps in solving some of the social ills that plague society, and how it develops the character of the individuals that serves. After the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, the United States of America came together in...
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...The mandatory military service policy is a very touchy subject. John Fitzgerald Kennedy once said ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man (“John F. Kennedy Quotations.”) More than 54% of Americans agree that able citizens should be required to serve in the military for two years (“Should Military Service be Mandatory.”) Mandatory military service should be enforced in the United States and other countries. Mandatory military service would has many benefits to provide to the men and women of our country. Americans would become so much stronger physically. The rate of obese citizens in the United States has dramatically increased in the past twenty years. In 2010, all fifty states reported that over twenty percent of their population was obese. Jump ahead five years to present day, 35.7 percent of the states’ population are obese and approximately seventeen percent of adolescents ages two to five are also obese. If all citizens were required to serve in the military, these increasing rates would decrease rapidly because Americans would be physically fit (Tate.)...
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...A few countries require every young person to serve military service, but the United States does not have this policy. A two-year period of national service should have to be done by every young person. Over the past years, there has been a big debate over mandatory military service in the United States. Accidents don’t just happen in actual combat or in the battle field. Mandatory military service, which normally means serious harm and, maybe death. Unlike voluntary soldiers who are willing to undergo rigorous training and serve the country for a long time in the military, mandatory soldiers often lacks the necessary experience and preparedness, providing low combat skill quality when the time comes they are sent to war. This could lead...
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...In the past few years there has been a huge outburst of debates over mandatory military service in the United States. There are people that think that this would be a good idea. Other people think that mandatory military service shouldn't be allowed. Mandatory military service would affect a lot of people's plans in the future. For example, some people would like to go to college and get their education. There are a few reasons why mandatory military services for young teens shouldn't be allowed here in the United States. (Mandatory military service Debatepedia) One of the first reasons why mandatory military service shouldn't be allowed in the United States is because mandatory military service affects in many ways and forms the education...
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...Final Project Summary An Amendment calling for mandatory military service after high school graduation should be passed to help all students be successful upon graduation. Military services should be allowed to recruit in high schools which would give high risk students an opportunity to be successful. Besides, it offers students who will not attend college a way to gain skills as well as provide an opportunity for low-income students a way to pay for college. If the government does not allow military services to help educate students about their options after graduation, it will be doing an injustice to the future generations leaving a child left behind. Make a difference in the future and someone’s life and allow the military services to recruit in high schools. There are many benefits that people take for granted daily that many would do not worry about in the military. Health care is not a topic many 18-year-olds think about because the majority are still covered by their parents to the age of 21 and sometimes further than that with the right plan (Simon and Lovrich 372). Enrolling in the military service is a feasible option to earn money, gain technical skills and training as well as leadership skill that will assist one for the rest of his or her life. One of the difficulties in getting a job fresh out of college is lack of experience consistent with the working knowledge in their field. After the compulsory military service, the students will have the technical skills...
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...Compulsory National Service Compulsory national service has been a major debate topic for the past few years now. This means mandatory service would be required for all Americans graduating from high school today. There are pros and cons on both sides of the argument that hold weight and make valid points, but after doing the research and viewing both sides I have to agree that the pros outweigh the cons. Compulsory service will get our country back on its feet, and can bring unity to this wonderful country we call home, for that reason we need to act now and require a two year stint of national service. To begin, there are many Americans who are against compulsory national service they believe that it would impact teens from moving on to college...
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...order to defend or protect the country, the United States has to have a military, including all branches of the Army, Navy, and Air Force. The establishment of the military will be different in other countries. In some countries, they require military service or call conscriptions. In this field, there are some countries that require it; such as, Brazil, Germany, Israel, Switzerland, South Korea, Mexico, and Russia (Gill 3). However, in other countries, they just have volunteers to join in armies, including Australia, Canada, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In both types, supporting or attempting to disprove, try to convince the population in this country by showing facts, opinions, and also research. This essay focuses on some good reasons for having a mandatory military, and good reasons for having a volunteers. Mandatory military provides so many opinions from the opposite sides; such as, immoral, little motivation to properly serve in the armed forces, and also saving money for the country (Gilroy 20). However, the draft would increase the standards for recruitment, expand the Army to the sufficient size, provide sufficient forces to fight in the wars, and gives a chance for young people to develop their future (Yingling 15). In the beginning, conscription or popularly known in the United States as "The Draft" means compulsory enrollment of persons for military or naval service requested by some established authorities. Nowadays, it means serving for...
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...Why do men go to war, Instead of protecting now, it is merely to win. Instead of being for a just cause, it is for a cause based on what others believe. Men no longer fight for what they think is right; instead they fight for what they think their leaders think is right. And, even in the case that they know their leaders are wrong, they must continue to fight. For if they did not, then the essence of 'men' within this 'military' would seem mote. Instead of standing strong and securing their country, they distinctly state their own morals and follow their own conscience. Putting themselves first. In this day and age, this is not acceptable. Men fight wars because they are ordered to do so. Whether right or wrong, the order is still given. And, in the end, we as the people are left to clean up, understand and learn from our leaders mistakes or victories. There is many different reasons why wars were fought, There is a civil war in the United States of American, the main explanation for the origins of the American civil war is slavery, especially southern anger at the attempts by Northern anti-slavery into the western territories. States right and the tariff issue became entangled in the slavery issue, and were intensified by it. Other important factors were party politics, Abolitionism, Southern nationalism, Northern nationalism, expansionism, sectionalism, economics and modernization in the Antebellum Period. And some of them is because of Confederate soil, The Union was the...
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...[ return to top ]Changing of Roles of Women in the Military Changing of Roles of Women in the Military Combat Exclusion Law Should women serve in combat positions? The Combat Exclusion Law has dealt with this question since the 1940’s. As time continues, the question remains. The military has increased the percentage of females allowed to be enlisted and commissioned in the services as well as increasing the positions allotted to them (Matthews, Ender, Laurence, & Rohall, 2009). Keenan posits “women have served with distinction in … the Revolutionary War…as volunteer nurses and were only occasionally in the direct line of fire…four nurses evacuating 42 patients while the Germans bombed their field hospital…” (the DoD Combat Exclusion Policy) pg. 21. The most recent debate questions a women’s engagement in combat. What distinguishes some positions as being acceptable while others are not? Who has the authority to approve exceptions, and what exceptions have been made? On May 13, 2011, a bill placed before the House of Representatives addressed the issues to “repeal the ground combat exclusion policy for female members” (HR 1928). Political Issues or Influences In 1973, women began to grow in numbers in the All-Volunteer Force implemented under President Nixon. “In February 1988, Department of Defense (DoD) codified the Combat Exclusion Policy by adopting the ‘Risk Rule’”, (the DoD Combat Exclusion Policy) pg. 21, 22. The change of the feminine role in the civilian population...
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...The Military Draft By Central Texas College English 1301 10 February 2009 The Military Draft The United States has not used the Military Draft since it ended in 1973. Over the last five years, there have been proposals to reinstate the draft. We have had an all volunteer Military for three decades and have endured three conflicts in Saudi Arabia, Iraq, and Afghanistan. Under the draft twenty years ago the Military services were smaller yet today with the volunteer Military has met their enlistment quota to date. Even with this information, I personally feel that the Military Draft should be reinstated for many reasons. Largely in part that we will ensure to have forces to defend our great country. There is not a lot of support for the draft to be reinstated from the American public. Many feel that it is not right to put their sons and daughter in harms way in Iraq or Afghanistan by drafting them. They actually believe that our all volunteer military can meet recruitment goals and that other countries cannot defeat ours. James Jay Carafano, Ph.D. said that “returning to the draft represents a failure of democracy, not a means to ensure its future” (par. 13). The majority of Congress does not support reinstating the draft and believe that our military services should remain all volunteers...
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...Bush's time while in the National Guard service. In the scandals there were memos that provided information about claims that were supposedly created in 1973. They were found in the files of Lieutenant Colonel Jerry B. Killian, who died in 1984 (2004, para.1). Experts and bloggers investigated documents which were made available to the public on the CBS website, and found them to be poor forgeries created on a modern era word. Four CBS employees lost their jobs over the report. Dan Rather defended the report, claiming the memos might be "fake, but accurate" and later went into early retirement. The scandal started when Mary Mapes told her superiors that the information was authenticated by four experts she had consulted, but neither of them could tell that it was fake or not because they were copies. Major Bobby Hodges also confirmed that the continents in the documents were true but he later told the panel he never did. Bobby Hodges then told Dan Rather’s that the documents were ok and that then gave Rather’s the green flag to proceed with the live televised show even though they were not sure of the validity of the documents. Their findings were contained in a 224-page report made. While the panel said it was not prepared to brand the Killian documents as an outright forgery, it raised serious questions about their authenticity and the way CBS New handled them. The panel identified five essential claims made about Bush's Guard service. 1. President Bush received special treatment...
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...Mandatory Service People are fond of saying that this is a free country. What they are less apt to state is that freedom is not free. There is a cost to maintaining the freedoms we so often take for granted. In furtherance of that cost I would propose a coast amendment that all able-bodied young Americans devote at least two years of their lives in support of their country. That support would be in the form of military or civil duty. This country was founded by individuals who gave their time, money and sometimes lives to create a society where all have the same opportunity to succeed, or at the very least are not barred from succeeding. That opportunity comes with a cost. Monetary cost in the way of taxes to support this system. Also costs in the way of manpower and intellect. It is my belief that the intellectual support is as important, if not more so, then the physical. Alexander Hamilton, John Jay and James Madison’s work in the federalist papers, can be argued, were as important to the American Revolution as any accomplishment on the battlefield. To that I would define able-bodied as anyone not physically or mentally handicapped that can or does hold a full or part time employment or anyone who is not able to hold a job as determined by the Social Security Administration guidelines. I would define young as anyone between the ages of eighteen and twenty-six. Therefore the service could be before people begin college, trade school, or a career. The service can be...
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...A couple of countries around the world demand that every young person to serve two years of military service, and as we continue to face military conflicts across the country, some have proposed that the United States adopt a similar policy of mandatory conscription. I agree that a two-year period of national service should be compulsory for all youth people. Teens shouldn’t have to go and serve two or more years in the military service, for many different kinds of reasons. First, I disagree, I have thought about this for a while, and I disagree with the claim about teens going to the military. I’m a teen myself, and that is not the only reason why I disagree. Teens could go to college right out of high school, and they would have to go to...
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...I believe military service should be mandatory for three basic reasons leadership skills, survival skills, and basic discipline for an individual. The leadership skills a person receives from the United States military allows for a person to have management skill when they leave the military. When a person enters the military they learn a variety of skills besides combat one being survival skills. Survival skills may not always be needed but with many natural disasters that occur survival skills can be difference between life and death. Survival skills also allow for a person to look at his or her surroundings to see what they can use to solve an issue in or out of the wilderness. These skills apply to many applications in a person’s life whether it be at work, home, or on a recreational trip. All these skills are what build up a person’s discipline. Discipline is what a person reflects onto another and their family. Instilling discipline in one’s self and children brings up a society that functions in unison with very few confrontations. These basic reasons are why having mandatory military service is essential to creating a generation that is able to improve on many of our past mistakes. From a different point of view, making the military service mandatory doesn’t sit well with some people. In the United States there are rules set in place and rights that are given to the citizens. If the government makes this mandatory peoples future could be ended before it starts. For...
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...on the military. Due to her size, Singapore requires her military to be a ‘weapon’ so as to be able to prevent and protect the country from threats. Since the split with Malaysia in 1965, Singapore has to be self-reliant in terms of military. As stated by Shangri-La Dialogue senior fellow for Asia-Pacific Security at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, William Choong, Singapore’s greatest fears as a small country are being pressured by bigger powers and the strategic uncertainty that will arise from conflicts between great powers (Ranasinghe, 2014). Thus, Singapore should increase their defence spending to ‘up’ their military. As tensions arise in the region, there is no doubt why Singapore place a high emphasis on security. Singapore’s international relations with countries such as the United States...
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