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Originally Posted by NORMAL550GIRL
I can't imagine the death toll that would occur adding inexperienced and unwilling civies to the mix.
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They wouldn't be 'civvies' if they were drafted and sent to Basic and Advanced training before deployment, would they?
Since I'm a FOG, I can remember when this was the norm. More than a few performed pretty well in combat in RVN, Korea, WWII, etc. Some are even on this site!
If we did have some type of national service with a military option, perhaps there should be 'tiers' in the military, with conscripts limited to various types of support tasks, with lower tiered pay scale. If they want the 'real jobs' and full pay and 'bennies' - they have to enlist for a longer term. (We could get rid of a lot of contractors!)
Just a thought.