--- kakki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: There > are many benefits that > can be gained from military service - free higher > education, and if they > stay in for 20 years - a very nice lifelong pension > when they retire at 39 > or 40 and go into a civilian career. The U.S. > military has been all > volunteer for many years now. The ones now serving > have willingly chosen > this path and have not been forced to take it. It's > a big difference now > from the 50s and 60s when young men were drafted > into service.
It's voluntary now because there's no official war going on now. If war was declared and they needed people, they'd bring back the draft. And it wouldn't be just young men this time, it would be young women too (which is fair, if the whole draft thing is fair, that is.) You're right about the military being a good place to get an education and a good pension and that probably is why many people without money choose to go in (as well as being forced to by economic circumstances - for some, it's pretty much the same thing.) A friend of my Dad's stayed in the army (Canadian) once WWII ended, then, when he retired, became a teacher, then when he retired from that, became a beekeeper (Hey, Sharon, if you're still on the list) - the beekeeping was just for fun though. Bzzzz. ===== Catherine Toronto ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca
