What Are The Arguments Against Mandatory Military Service
Elizabeth Viox
Hon Freshman Lit & Comp
Mrs. Mercer
21 February 2017
Every Citizen a Soldier The opposition argues that mandatory military service conflicts with many religions and is unfair to certain peoples. Branches of Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, and Buddhism, along with many other faiths, oppose all forms of violence. Not only around the world, but in the U.S. specifically, much of the population is religious, majority Christian. Those apart of strict divisions of Christianity and other religions can be considered conscientious objectors, who the service does not require to fight as soldiers (Greig D1). Also, full time students of higher learning centers can deter their service until completing the semester, and seniors have …show more content…
Simply returning to civilian and family life can be a struggle, but there are services offered by the military to help ease the transition. Veterans can return with mental and physical problems making it more challenging, but numerous nursing and physical therapy options are out there. There are also plenty of psychologist and mental health services which are still not being taken advantage of. “Studies regarding personal barriers to mental health care for veteran men have suggested that concerns about public stigma and self-stigma (i.e., internalized negative beliefs regarding mental illness) significantly factor into service usage” (Maung et al. 68). Such stigmas are slowly disappearing as more and more veterans seek help, leading to less “maladaptive coping in the form of emotional numbing, substance abuse, thoughts about engaging in violence, and reckless behavior during their transition back into civilian life” (Maung et al. 68). Though this is still a problem, most commonly in women, improvements in the quality of life for returning soldiers are growing …show more content…
Not only are the companies required to provide one with work, but they must increase the veteran’s salary to what it would have been had he never left, taking into account seniority and raises he would have gotten (Weaver 40). The same general rule applies to promotions, and packages such as health, insurance, and vacation. Employers who are informed often exceed their requirements “and do such things as make up the difference in pay that employees lost while they were on duty” (Weaver 40). When informed of such laws, a veteran should have no problem returning to his civilian occupation. Despite the few disadvantages that may be faced, the benefits of the military draft out weight the cons. As war continues, the need for soldiers will continue to increase along with political support of the military draft. As an entirety, the United States must begin to look into conscription or begin pulling troops out of international
Hon Freshman Lit & Comp
Mrs. Mercer
21 February 2017
Every Citizen a Soldier The opposition argues that mandatory military service conflicts with many religions and is unfair to certain peoples. Branches of Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Hinduism, and Buddhism, along with many other faiths, oppose all forms of violence. Not only around the world, but in the U.S. specifically, much of the population is religious, majority Christian. Those apart of strict divisions of Christianity and other religions can be considered conscientious objectors, who the service does not require to fight as soldiers (Greig D1). Also, full time students of higher learning centers can deter their service until completing the semester, and seniors have …show more content…
Simply returning to civilian and family life can be a struggle, but there are services offered by the military to help ease the transition. Veterans can return with mental and physical problems making it more challenging, but numerous nursing and physical therapy options are out there. There are also plenty of psychologist and mental health services which are still not being taken advantage of. “Studies regarding personal barriers to mental health care for veteran men have suggested that concerns about public stigma and self-stigma (i.e., internalized negative beliefs regarding mental illness) significantly factor into service usage” (Maung et al. 68). Such stigmas are slowly disappearing as more and more veterans seek help, leading to less “maladaptive coping in the form of emotional numbing, substance abuse, thoughts about engaging in violence, and reckless behavior during their transition back into civilian life” (Maung et al. 68). Though this is still a problem, most commonly in women, improvements in the quality of life for returning soldiers are growing …show more content…
Not only are the companies required to provide one with work, but they must increase the veteran’s salary to what it would have been had he never left, taking into account seniority and raises he would have gotten (Weaver 40). The same general rule applies to promotions, and packages such as health, insurance, and vacation. Employers who are informed often exceed their requirements “and do such things as make up the difference in pay that employees lost while they were on duty” (Weaver 40). When informed of such laws, a veteran should have no problem returning to his civilian occupation. Despite the few disadvantages that may be faced, the benefits of the military draft out weight the cons. As war continues, the need for soldiers will continue to increase along with political support of the military draft. As an entirety, the United States must begin to look into conscription or begin pulling troops out of international