Mandatory Draft SERVICE : Pro and Con (Topic of week)

Mandatory Draft:
Pros:

1. Desperately needed to undo the Cheney/Rumsfield Private Army (estimated this past week to have cost the US of A. over 100Billion Dollars PER YEAR, since the START of the IRAQ WAR!
2. Manpower will be needed to replace the 180,000 contractors (not counted in our troop-count) in IRAQ.
3. Forcing a new mandatory service conscription will be good for our current generation of TV/Video-game Addicted youth. It will teach them valuable skills needed for success in "REAL LIFE"
4. Mandatory Service will become the 'norm', as opposed to something rarely done. The "What can YOU do for YOUR country", spirit will be continued.
5. The Mandatory draft as structured, will allow for non-combat recruits to take part in the "US Service Corps", (similar to Peace Corps, but ALL inside of USA.
6. Mandatory Service Corps Participants (as well as military participants) will be encouraged to sign up to learn detailed life skills. Both military and Service Corps will have life-long career paths for lifetime employment.
   
7. Social training. A great number of social failures (interpersonal, failed communications, etc) occur during the late teen years. This program will also allow for 'gentle' training of the new recruits.
8. Three or four year term of service will allow detailed training (in Job Corp.)
9. Training for those attending Higher Education will be by school, area, and will occur during summer and other breaks.
10. Training for those not attending Higher Educational (or other schools/training programs), will consist of continuous service.
    
11. First six months of service will be 'support' type services, (Kitchen/Laundry), and will occur just after 'basic training' is completed.
12. Conscripts opting to go for advanced training (similar to West Point/Annapolis, same kind of term commitments) will go to leadership school, and train in engineering, science, math, etc fields.
13. Preparation for Mandatory Draft will allow those currently 15 or older optional opt-out. Those below 15 will have 2-10 years to be trained and readied for new requirements.
14. Initially High School Freshman (about age 14) will begin first training sessions, starting with one day visits/discussions about volunteer work, and off-site visits to military bases. If a Jr. ROTC program exists in the school, this will be the first and key method to start discussion programs.
1. Current HS Freshman/Sophomores will be presumed to have this program apply to them, so most details and planning will start here initially. Starting with basic overviews of existing volunteer work (Habitat for Humanity, etc) will introduce topics. Initial training implementation (for first 2-3 years) will not specifically target military, but will emphasize the volunteer/paid/training status of this service.
15. Training and introductory sessions will move down from High School to Middle School, and eventually a basic introductory lower school volunteer program will exist.
1. As program progresses, HS will focus on military options, careers, service, conscription vs. career options (for both service and Military options), while lower grades will introduce/start fostering volunteerism, concepts, as well as careers, and training options.

Cons:

1. Mandatory Draft goes against EVERYTHING the current generation attempted to achieve in Vietnam era.
2. Mandatory Draft will create Havoc with Higher Educational institutions.
3. Mandatory Draft will create antagonism within current generation.
4. A new mandatory draft to undo the Cheney/Rumsfield Private contractor army is too expensive.

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