Hey Fani,
> This subject is of very big interest for our trailrangers here in Germany.
> We do still have an obligatory service. You can choose between Military and
> community service. So our older trailrangers already have to decide which
> one they are going to choose.
I'm caught in the cross-fire on this. My Outpost is located near an Royal Australian
Airforce Base and some of my boys have fathers in the RAAF. I believe there is
nothing wrong with serving in the Military as long it is where God called you to be.
> I have done my service one year ago and I really liked it. First I served in
> an battalion of armour and afterwards in MechInf.
Hey, we have something in common, I sent 3 years driving M113A1's around and loved
every minute of it. I was the driver and later crew commander of 'Charlie' vehicle.
This is
the lead carrier. He is responsible to see any ambushes and get the grunts (infantry)
to check it out. Basically he is responsible for the entire Squadron of 5 carriers. He
calls the shots.
> But for other young people who don't want to serve in the army this can
> appear as a problem as they have to hand in a written argument, why they
> can't do a military service.
I have been an Objector as well. During the Vietnam War the Australian Government a
'lottery system' for selecting men to go into the Army. Each 6 months they would draw
50 dates from a barrel and if one of them was your birthday you were called up. They
also had ways men could defer they call up by either being at University, a Firemen,
Policeman or Ambulance Officer. The rich were able to buy places at Uni's for the sons
and keep them there until the draft ended in 1972. This meant that those from the
poorer families who could not afford the $10000 for Uni were called up. I believed in
one
in, all in, so I refused to register for conscription. I sent 18 months on the run for
the
Commonwealth Police. I faced 2 years in jail.
It wasn't until 78 that I joined the Royal Australian Army and served for 3 years. I
was a
qualified Marksmen, at 750 yards I could put a bullet between someone's eyes. I
served as weapons instructor. I reached the rank of Corparal five times.
When I became a Christian I could not justify my position with my faith and asked for
and was granted a discharge from the Army.
So I can see both sides the debate and believe that if you do not act in faith then
you
are wrong. God will call certian people to serve as his witness in the Armed Forces,
while others He will call to other areas.
There's a storm coming, our Storm.
PROCLAIMING GOD'S LOVE TO A DYING WORLD
Say to the captives, 'come out,' and those in darkness, 'Be free!'
Isaiah 49:9
Love in Jesus
Adrian Bonham aka Morning Light, The Larrikin
I looked to the heavens to where God dwells
I looked into my life to see he lives there as well.
Outpost 49
Hawkesbury Royal Rangers
Windsor, N.S.W.
Australia
F.C.F. 94
http://www.summit.net.au/~founder1/
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