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Many countries in the world have mandatory military service for
males after the age of 18 and some have it for females. In Europe
and NATO, only Norway has compulsory conscription for women
(Reuters; 2013). Concerning NATO countries these are the ones with a
draft system for males: Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece,
Norway, Poland, and Turkey (Global Security .Org.)
But this article is not about requiring military service, but
rather a very brief indoctrination only—a shortened form of
Switzerland's 15 weeks of basic training. Military service for
America has only been used in times of major wars. We are in a major
war with Muslim terrorists and potentially are threaten by Putin's
new “Soviet Republic”. Iran calls for the death to America daily,
and that little guy with a bad haircut in North Korea threatens us
with nuclear bombs every month.
This paper suggests we should be ready for the eventual next
major attack which might include; biological, nuclear, chemical, and
coordinated murdering Islamists in our homeland. Although there is
not much appetite for bringing back the draft, American's should
remember we are at war.
We should adopt a proactive approach to protect our
country by providing at least one month of military
indoctrination training to all citizens over the age of 18
and under 40. This can be done at the local military bases,
National Guard units, armed forces recruiting stations, or
one semester at high school funded by money seized at the
border from drug dealers and companies that operative
illegally under U.S. international sanctions. Recruiters,
National Guard members, and military personnel are already
stationed within the US and being paid.
Scheduling the Training
Since most schools graduate thousands of students yearly
there must be some sort of staggering of training. For those
that are not in college or a university they would do their
training first. This can be done in the parking lots of the
entrance to military bases, or some coordinated part inside.
For those areas without a base, there is a National Guard
unit in every county of the country. It can be conducted
there on the weekends with guard members. In the more rural
areas, training can be done at a military recruiting center,
or have recruiters go to public schools and conduct the
training. Perhaps, in larger cities, the schools can offer
this indoctrination within their last year of high
school—just one semester.
We need to consider
exemptions from training. But since there is no physical
aspect to it, exemptions will be minimal. Perhaps we can
exempt certain people who have an attachment to the ideas or
beliefs of certain terrorist groups and instead of training
put them on a watch list. Hopefully, the government is
already doing this against civil libertarian groups like the
ACLU. In addition, those that are disabled might be exempt.
The point is to at least have our citizens available and
better able to be immediately called into service before a
major event occurs. This is not conscription or actual
military service, but rather information and basic handling
of hand military equipment in some cases.
Maybe if
the location is too far from the individual they could do
there training via internet or correspondence. They could do
this at local community colleges within say police training
programs, or in the online education department. The entire
focus is on awareness and learning not physical fitness or
actual hands on in these cases. Only at colleges or
universities will there have to be some form of funding as
the other locations already exist and people are on the
payroll. Funding for this can come from the DOD or thru
block grants paid for by the reduction of foreign aid to
countries that don't like or support us (Kuch). After all,
the federal government spends money for studying absolutely
ridiculous things with tax payer's money--playing video
games, training Chinese prostitutes to drink responsible,
and how Americans use the internet to find love (Snyder, M;
2012).
What's in the
Training?
This would be a very brief mini course in military operations. No
physical fitness, just basic operation of weapons without firing
them. Knowledge of uniforms (rank and command identification). Also
areas of firefighting, first aid, CPR, and how to avoid injuries.
Moreover basic survivals skills for their area. It will be necessary
in a major attack to have many people available to help those
professionals in our armed forces and police in their local area. At
least some basic idea of what takes place and how they operate. This
might even result in an increase in enlistment into our armed forces
or into law enforcement.
Perhaps, we could discuss in the training where are the major
military bases, airports, and facilities. Where to go in case of a
national emergency such as an imminent attack. We used to do this
during the cold war. This is public information and the bad guys and
foreign countries already know it. But most high school graduates do
not. Along with this can be meeting local guard members and
discussing careers in the military or guard. Again foreign countries
and radical Muslims know this already.
Summary
We live in turbulent
and threatening times. Several countries have continually promised
to attack us (N. Korea and Iran). Muslim terrorists are everywhere.
The next big attack on our homeland might be so huge that emergency
and security personnel will not be able to respond immediately. In
the past we have a draft during times of large wars. We are nowhere
near an impending need to induct involuntary soldiers.
However, in the event there is a large scale attack on our
homeland it would take some time to adequately train and respond to
such attacks. This article has suggested that young Americans at
least be given some basic information about our military and what to
expect and how to respond should they be needed in a time of crisis.
A little preparedness before a large scale event occurs is surely
better than not preparing those that might be called upon to defend
the homeland.
It is not that John and Jane Doe teenager starts target
practicing with AR-15's, but rather an understanding of how they
might be used and some basic survival skills. Only an ignorant
person would believe that Radical Muslims are not planning and
coming to the homeland to kill us.
- Global Security.Org. “Military: World Wide Conscription.”
- Kuch, Christopher B. “Eliminating Homelessness at no Cost to
the Tax Payer.” Forthcoming.
- Reuters. “Norway becomes first NATO Country to Draft Women
into the Military. June 14, 2013
- Snyder, Michael “30 stupid Things the Government is Spending
Money on.” End of The American Dream.Com
By Christopher B. Kuch, PhD
Copyright 2016
About Author: Dr. Kuch holds a PhD, MA, and MS in criminal
justice. He has written about a variety of police issues. He is a
four year Vietnam Era Navy Veteran and served as a deputy sheriff in
Ohio for seven years. He lives in Istanbul, Turkey and is on the
adjunct faculty at Galatasaray University.
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