mtlucas0311
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Nope. And if you look back near the beginning of the thread you will see that I am completely against any type of draft. That said, what happened back then and the way the military was run, back then, has no bearing on this discussion. The question is about the military today, and if a draft should be brought back today. The military is very different than is was, in no small part to the service members who went through all the garbage. There is a clear concerted effort not to repeat the same mistakes that were made back then and it is taken very seriously. I absolutely take your word and all the others that served (you didn't say you were in the military but I assume you were from your post) that things were very badly run and a whole lot of bad stuff went down; and I don't expect anyone to forgive that, but I do expect people not slander the people who are in today by broad brushing service members as poor and incapable of higher education; it's just not the case.
P.S. If your unit is deployed today and you're in college, you still go with your unit; no more free pass.
"War is hell, but being stuck in a peactime USMC makes hell look good." - I missed that at first, but seriously, I can't even comment. Clearly you need to have someone take you on a Marine Corps base and give you a tour of hell.
P.S. If your unit is deployed today and you're in college, you still go with your unit; no more free pass.
"War is hell, but being stuck in a peactime USMC makes hell look good." - I missed that at first, but seriously, I can't even comment. Clearly you need to have someone take you on a Marine Corps base and give you a tour of hell.