SGT Private RallyPoint Member 2083232 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div> 2016-11-17T09:48:53-05:00 SGT Private RallyPoint Member 2083232

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2016-11-17T09:48:53-05:00 2016-11-17T09:48:53-05:00 SrA Edward Vong 2083236

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I prefer that we as a nation should have the right to choose. That is what makes us great.

2016-11-17T09:50:23-05:00 2016-11-17T09:50:23-05:00 SGT Dave Tracy 2083278

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>May sound good on the surface to have more citizens truly get involved in their country; however it kinda runs against the American value of personal freedom and choice to have the government dictate that you have to do something for it. Besides--and this I think is especially true for the military--motivated people who choose to be there aren&#39;t terribly thrilled to have to deal with those less-than-motivated folks conscripted to be there.

2016-11-17T10:01:02-05:00 2016-11-17T10:01:02-05:00 Cpl Justin Goolsby 2083279

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Yes and no. I do believe everyone should serve their country because I believe it is an eye opening experience. I do not believe everyone should be forced to serve their country though because I love my Marine Corps and I would hate to see it brought down by people who are only there because they were forced to.

2016-11-17T10:01:10-05:00 2016-11-17T10:01:10-05:00 SFC George Smith 2083458

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Personally I thing it would Help the majority of the Entitled generation to understand something beyond them selves... provide them a source of reality beyond their on little safe world...<br />most of the folks I&#39;ve know, who have been in the military or Peace corps came back with a totally changed Attitude and a Much better grasp of reality...

2016-11-17T10:50:39-05:00 2016-11-17T10:50:39-05:00 SSgt Private RallyPoint Member 2083476

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I think if you volunteer, it should be actually a voluntary act. I do think it should be encouraged and not for a resume. Who wants a toxic attitude ruining the experience. <a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="754119" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/754119-15r-ah-64-attack-helicopter-repairer-11th-av-cmd-usarc">SGT Private RallyPoint Member</a>

2016-11-17T10:56:05-05:00 2016-11-17T10:56:05-05:00 1SG(P) Private RallyPoint Member 2083509

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Easy one. No.

2016-11-17T11:03:02-05:00 2016-11-17T11:03:02-05:00 SMSgt Thor Merich 2083641

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Absolutely. It would be a win/win.

2016-11-17T11:31:27-05:00 2016-11-17T11:31:27-05:00 SGM Mikel Dawson 2083653

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>One thousand percent YES. People need to take some responsibility. Learn NOTHING IN THIS LIFE IS FOR FREE. Get them into the real world. Once people learn some responsibility attitudes most the time change.

2016-11-17T11:35:14-05:00 2016-11-17T11:35:14-05:00 SPC Makissa Lewis 2083681

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I think only those who want to serve should serve. By forcing service another will end up with people not taking the job seriously resulting in more accidents and fatalities.

2016-11-17T11:41:13-05:00 2016-11-17T11:41:13-05:00 CPL Brandon Olheiser 2084238

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>We should reform our P.E. programs in school. Have students pass a basic P.T. test on a regular basis. Teach students land nav. Instruct them on basic outdoor survival skills. Have everybody qualify with a weapon and require all students to learn gun safety. Have students work in teams and teach them the benefit of it. Teach all students basic life saving skills, CPR, covering open wounds/ stopping major bleeding, etc.Basically, a basic training course that teaches and prepares an individual to not only survive in a case of emergency, but also prepares them for military service if they choose to join.

2016-11-17T14:25:04-05:00 2016-11-17T14:25:04-05:00 Col Rebecca Lorraine 2084288

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I would love to see our country require some type of service. Peace corp, public health, corps of engineers, military, coast guard, vista, americorps, anything for one to two years minimum. Each year would be paid and good conduct would award education benefits for equivalent time. I think it is critical.

2016-11-17T14:37:46-05:00 2016-11-17T14:37:46-05:00 Sgt Wayne Wood 2084653

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>yes

2016-11-17T16:22:07-05:00 2016-11-17T16:22:07-05:00 SSgt Mitch Tucker 2084818

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Yes. Kids coming out of high school don&#39;t have a clue what they want to do with their lives. Many of them waste 2-3 years of college jumping from major to major. Need to spend a few years growing up in the military. They will be less likely to walk over or burn our flag, they will hopefully have a better understanding of what they want to do for a career, and will have the GI Bill to help pay for their college.

2016-11-17T17:12:59-05:00 2016-11-17T17:12:59-05:00 SP5 Ken Patton 2085643

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Yes I do.

2016-11-17T21:02:02-05:00 2016-11-17T21:02:02-05:00 SPC Phil Norton 2085904

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I believe there is a strength in an all volunteer army

2016-11-17T22:30:01-05:00 2016-11-17T22:30:01-05:00 PFC Nick Lopez 2085938

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>No

2016-11-17T22:43:35-05:00 2016-11-17T22:43:35-05:00 MAJ Bob Allen 2086407

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Yes, there is nothing wrong with learning how to help others and learning discipline along the way.

2016-11-18T05:40:03-05:00 2016-11-18T05:40:03-05:00 SGT Jesse Low 2087021

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Though I believe that the youth of today would greatly benefit from a stint in any branch, I also think that it would adversely effect the integrity of our military. As we have all seen, not everyone is cut out to wear the uniform. I like the idea of an all volunteer military and I believe forced service is actually socialism.

2016-11-18T10:40:51-05:00 2016-11-18T10:40:51-05:00 MSgt David Bremer 2087090

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Learning to follow orders and help your fellow citizens is always a good thing!!!

2016-11-18T11:03:19-05:00 2016-11-18T11:03:19-05:00 Cpl Jj Wyse 2089292

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Absolutely! We owe our country a debt of gratitude. When we serve, whether it be in the military, Peace Corps, Park Services, VA etc, it gives one a sense of ownership, responsibility and pride, knowing that they were, or are, a part of something that is greater than themselves. Further, for the most part, it gives them an opportunity to learn a skill set and develop the knowledge of team work, which makes them more marketable upon separation from their obligation, making them an asset to their community instead of a burden. JJW

2016-11-18T23:57:07-05:00 2016-11-18T23:57:07-05:00 PO1 John Johnson 2089555

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>No way. Been there, seen the tail-end of the Vietnam Draft results. In the summer of 1979, I enlisted in the USCG because I was a freshly graduated 17yr old from HS who under no circumstances wanted to go to college so I took the bus to Philly and walked into the first service recruiter I came upon. Upon arriving at my first unit after Boot Camp, I noted that drugs, alcohol, disrespect, slovenliness, shirking duty, general malaise, etc., were rampant from a certain percentage of the &quot;older&quot; Coasties, who had enlisted in the CG to avoid the Draft and then being forced into the Marines or Army. I thought that this was the way things were actually &quot;supposed to be&quot;. Fast-forward 2 years later and I was a 19 yr old E-4 with 35-40 yr old Non-Rates (E-2&#39;s &amp; 3&#39;s) working with me and for me. I witnessed people smoking weed in the berthing areas of the Cutter I was assigned to, and people stoned out of their mind on and off watch while underway, including a few Officers. Then in late 1980 came the election of President Reagan, who instituted the &quot;Reduction in Forces&quot; (RIF) Program. Out went the deadwood, and the CG turned back into a professional branch of service within a couple of years that I was proud to be a part of for 20 yrs. If it was that bad in the Coast Guard, I can&#39;t imagine how bad this must have been in the Army, Navy or Marines. After having witnessed this, I do not believe a &quot;mandatory&quot; civil service would benefit any of the Military branches. <br /><br />PS: This post is not intended as a slight to the Vietnam Vets of any service branch who served Honorably. This is just an opinion from someone who witnessed some of the unintentional consequences of mandatory service ie: the draft. It might work with non-military agencies, but I have no experience with them to say for sure.

2016-11-19T06:33:07-05:00 2016-11-19T06:33:07-05:00 SFC Joseph Weber 2091186

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Absolutely. Even if it&#39;s driving an ambulance in Baltimore for a year.

2016-11-19T18:24:39-05:00 2016-11-19T18:24:39-05:00 SSG Bruce Roff 2091550

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>DRAFT RENEWAL. NO SAFE SPACES. LOL.

2016-11-19T21:30:56-05:00 2016-11-19T21:30:56-05:00 HN Damaris Tate 2093490

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>No I don&#39;t. Why, because there is something specoal to be said about a person who loves their country enough to serve her, to defend her constitution. To serve is voluntary, those who don&#39;t want to for whatever reason shouldn&#39;t. How could I trust that person who doesn&#39;t want this life, who isn&#39;t invested in the principles of our land? No thanks, stay home and serve in the best way you can. Look, I believe that people have lanes they stay in, when you veer off to a lane that ins unfamiliar, you can easily wreck, stay in your lane. It didn&#39;t work in Vietnam, one reason I believe there were so many deaths and things that happened that shouldn&#39;t have happened, and if it didn&#39;t work then we shouldn&#39;t make it mandatory now.

2016-11-20T18:02:10-05:00 2016-11-20T18:02:10-05:00 PO2 Robert Schultz 2099441

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Absolutely!

2016-11-22T18:22:36-05:00 2016-11-22T18:22:36-05:00 SPC Jose Toribio 2100268

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>If you want free college and medical. Yes not necessarily mandatory but you should have a choice.

2016-11-22T23:18:46-05:00 2016-11-22T23:18:46-05:00 1LT Tommy Shearer 2100488

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Yes!!!<br />No question!!!!

2016-11-23T00:30:00-05:00 2016-11-23T00:30:00-05:00 SSgt Dennis Murray 2100786

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>People believed in something bigger than themselves after serving in the military that you don&#39;t have now

2016-11-23T04:37:15-05:00 2016-11-23T04:37:15-05:00 SFC Dennis A. 2101180

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I think it would go a long way in getting some of today youth to grow up, take some responsibility and learn some respect.

2016-11-23T09:26:03-05:00 2016-11-23T09:26:03-05:00 SGT Patrick Hebert 2101508

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Yes

2016-11-23T10:46:29-05:00 2016-11-23T10:46:29-05:00 Jen Sting 2101795

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Absolutely.

2016-11-23T12:26:28-05:00 2016-11-23T12:26:28-05:00 A1C Wayne Hoard 2105379

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Yes

2016-11-24T18:52:16-05:00 2016-11-24T18:52:16-05:00 Cpl Brian Johnston 2106061

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Rather instead, give military veterans an extra vote!<br />&quot;Mandatory&quot; only leads to rebellion.<br />Some democratic countries punish you for NOT voting - wrong approach IMO.<br />Instead, pay everyone who votes $10.

2016-11-25T02:07:32-05:00 2016-11-25T02:07:32-05:00 SPC Chuck Eckler 2123245

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Yes

2016-12-01T08:03:05-05:00 2016-12-01T08:03:05-05:00 Cpl Charles Long 2125139

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Yes definitely

2016-12-01T18:02:19-05:00 2016-12-01T18:02:19-05:00 TSgt David Jones 2151899

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>That&#39;s a really tough question and it&#39;s one u&#39;ve been turning over and over in my mind recently. There are both pro&#39;s and con&#39;s to this. Not everyone is suited for military life. It would be extremely trying serving with a influx of people who don&#39;t want to be there. We all wanted to be there. And I for one, wouldn&#39;t have wanted to be assigned as Dirtbag Airman&#39;s babysitter. And that&#39;s exactly what would have happened. Sure, some of them would be reached. And those that are reached could be successfully trained and turned into a valuable asset to their branch of service and this great country. But, the majority would just be oxygen thieves wasting our time and our effort.

2016-12-12T09:01:52-05:00 2016-12-12T09:01:52-05:00 MSgt Private RallyPoint Member 2194228

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I think there should be an option of some kind of service if you want to qualify for any federal benefit. Tax payers pay for services, if you want tax money, be of some service.

2016-12-28T06:35:35-05:00 2016-12-28T06:35:35-05:00 CPT Rock Amick 2204070

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Yes, in fact, I believe that a national service requirement would be the single most significant positive change agent for our country. In my ideal program, military service would only be one of many choices. Every 18 year old would serve for 2 years serving in the military, civil service, Peace Corps, Americorp or any other of the myriad service opportunities out there. The key is to live a portion of your life in service of something greater then yourself; to create an outward focus as opposed to &quot;me&quot;. The Greatest Generation was great because of this sense and their commitment to a greater, shared mission.

2016-12-31T09:16:20-05:00 2016-12-31T09:16:20-05:00 SrA Robert Hubbard 2247490

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I would say yes, because then the people of this country would know what the cost was to have the rights we enjoy today

2017-01-14T05:42:17-05:00 2017-01-14T05:42:17-05:00 SSG Roger Ayscue 2656632

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Yes one year of service for one year of college...No Choice on that...You serve or you do NOT go to college...no matter how much money your family has...<br /><br />And, if you choose NOT to serve you can NOT Vote or hold public office in ANY capacity.<br /><br />Service does NOT have to be military but does need to be more than 2 hours a day reading at a library.<br />Service should be HERE in OUR Country. The Peace Corps has a place But NOT as National Service, want to go to a foreign country and dig wells and clean up the place, go to poor regions of OUR COUNTRY and clean up the place.

2017-06-17T01:58:08-04:00 2017-06-17T01:58:08-04:00 SSG Roger Ayscue 2656638

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Yes one year of service for one year of college...No Choice on that...You serve or you do NOT go to college...no matter how much money your family has...<br /><br />And, if you choose NOT to serve you can NOT Vote or hold public office in ANY capacity.<br /><br />Service does NOT have to be military but does need to be more than 2 hours a day reading at a library.<br />Service should be HERE in OUR Country. The Peace Corps has a place But NOT as National Service, want to go to a foreign country and dig wells and clean up the place, go to poor regions of OUR COUNTRY and clean up the place.

2017-06-17T02:01:28-04:00 2017-06-17T02:01:28-04:00 SPC Robert Gary 2657532

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I think it would be a good idea

2017-06-17T12:46:00-04:00 2017-06-17T12:46:00-04:00 CPO Garth Peterson 3417218

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I think that we should offer a one for one trade. Every year you serve in the military, Peace Corp or any other type of service to human kind, then the government pays for one year of post high school education. Trade school, college, ...etc.

2018-03-05T12:32:00-05:00 2018-03-05T12:32:00-05:00 SSG Roger Ayscue 7045174

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Without Question and Without Exception EVERYONE should serve some form of public service. Rich, Poor, male, female, EVERYONE.<br />Everyone needs to learn that there is something more important in this world than they are. Some type of public service, minimum of FOUR years with a year of college at an in-state school for every year completed honorably, and a prohibition of college for NOT completing it. Yes, I said it...If you don&#39;t do your service you don&#39;t go to college.<br />Military service to being teacher&#39;s aids to working in a nursing home. EVERYONE should serve somehow.

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