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Originally Posted by djplong
I waver on this issue.
I see the benefits of the draft but I also see one huge drawback.
Our military was never in sorrier shape than when we had conscription. Take a fighting force and fill it with people who do NOT want to be in the service, never mind a war zone, and you have a recipe for disaster.
Our military quality on every measurable scale I've ever seen from morale to readiness is improved due to the fact that we have an all-volunteer service. Everyone who IS there, CHOSE to be there.
Those two sides are still having arguments in my head.
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How did you base your assumptions? I was drafted into the Army and the morale was great. I went in years later when there was no war and morale was terrible. Once your into basic training, they know how to instill morale.
The war in VietNam had soldiers with the highest level of education then any other war in history.
I do not believe an all volunteer army gets the best qualified troops.