Conscription

Is it frowned upon for countries to require their citizens to serve in the military? Many countries place an obligation on every young person to serve in the military. This is a policy the United States should enact since it has many benefits for the military and the individual, although some deem it to be unconstitutional. After graduating high school, two years of military service should be mandatory for young adults in the United States. First and foremost, the military promotes…

Can you imagine having a passionate dislike for violence, yet still having to participate in acts promoting the very thing you stand so strongly against? In some countries, two years of military service is required for youth and we should appreciate that we don’t have the same policy in the United States. Even a blind man can see that being forced to participate in the military could emotionally scar someone who is not mentally prepared to deal with the stress that comes along with it. In…

The news has recently asked viewers to respond to a proposal that nationl service become mandatory to all Americans. I bealive mandatory service would go against the common good of Americans. To force Americans to do mandatory service goes against our constitutional rights. It could also drain finances of charites or government, the love people put into this work would go away. These are all reasons this propasal shounld not pass. In America we have the right to freedom. Forcing a person…

Yelling, crying, discipline and lack of sleep are just a few things that come to mind when military enlistment is brought up. Most people shudder at the mere idea of devoting four years of their life to a “job” that pushes them beyond their breaking point. What most people fail to realize is that every hurdle the military throws at them is to better prepare them not only for what battle lies ahead but life after the military as well. Some of the greatest benefits of enlisting in the military are…

Mary A Barada Instructor Lisa Grundy ENG 111-2W01 November 13, 2015 Military Conscription In the United States there have been a total of three military conscriptions. A conscription is a draft of national service, mostly military, in which citizens are mandated by the government to fulfill. The last draft call was held in the United States on December 7, 1972. Since than the United States military has been an all-volunteer military. Every U.S. citizen should be mandated to perform a mandatory…

Women have not always had the equal rights they do now, and in the past, their primary roles have always consisted of staying at home and doing domestic work such as taking care of their children or doing housework. There has been about a 76 year difference from the beginning of World War II to this current year in 2015, from the time where women had their greatest opportunities in their jobs while the majority of men were out fighting in the war. American Women’s rights have only slightly…

Annotated Bibliography Browne, Kingsley, Co-ed Combat- The New Evidence That Women Shouldn’t Fight the Nations’ War, New York: Penguin Group, 2007. Print Browne’s basic argument is that sexual integration jeopardizes and degrades the affectedness of our military. He argues that women should not be in combat using research in biology, history, psychology, sociology and law. Browne does acknowledge women that have served and are currently serving and states they do deserve thanks for their…

No rest for the weary Americans are known for proclaiming that theirs is the best military force known to man. There are songs about it, movies about it, and television shows about the United States military. Service men and women are saluted in airports, restaurants, etc. upon returning home by family and strangers. When they get home, and are no longer in the service, how are they treated? After being a part of an institution, such as the United States military, these men and women are now…

In Ji-Yeon Yuh’s article “Imagined Community – Sisterhood and Resistance among Korean Military Brides in America, 1950-1996,” she points out the hardship that military brides had gone through since they migrated from Korean camptown to reside permanently in the United States with their husbands who once served in the military service. In the introduction, Yuk mentions that most of military brides did not sense happiness in their marriages, “some were in the middle of second or third marriages,…

A military resume groups military involvement in a way which potential businesses can see the pertinence of your military abilities for a non military personnel work. A few individuals join the military in light of the fact that having those identifications on their warriors makes them stand with pride. It is as though being a trooper is the most respectable employment any one could ever have. Your military resume help to pass on a message that will make enrollment specialists and bosses need to…