Easy Company was stood up as a new Ranger battalion, a new type of unit, so they had to train for a while to get into the proper shape and learn the new tactics that they will need to use to fight. Today's Rangers are in training for up to a year before they get to wear the tab. I doubt a lot of draftees are going to want to be a Ranger, although some will and that is fine. And you are comparing apples to oranges. What I was referring to was soldiers that need to be trained for armored, infantry or cavalry operations. This training is far less demanding than Ranger training and a lot shorter.
And forcing people to serve is not a reflection of whether or not this country is worth defending, it is a matter of ensuring that we have enough people in place to defend her. And you can compare volunteers to draftees. Many men and women who were drafted performed brilliantly in combat, all the way back to WWII. There are plenty of people around who will perform whatever task if offered them to the best of their ability, even being forced into the military. Bruce Gruss Gott wrote: > Mostly I agree, although I wouldn't limit it to the military. I would > include a CCC-type option amongst others as well as a federally funded > internship program after that, but that's a different thread. > > My point is more around how draftees vs. professional warriors > perform. I don't think there's a comparison so it brings into > question the whole notion of draftees. > > WWII's famous Easy Company trained for 2 years I think, for this very reason. > > Put another way, if we have to force people to join the military to > defend our country then the country might not be worth defending. Our > challenge to both solve the problem of a vibrant and professional > military and a population that's invested and engaged in our society. > > That doesn't seem to exist now. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:258177 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
