The United States is home to the world’s strongest military‚ and at this date and time‚ they are in no need of conscription. The United States has never had a positive history when it comes to drafting eligible citizens into the Armed Forces. Since Colonial times‚ especially the Revolutionary War‚ conscription has always been known as a negative term‚ especially in the time during and around the Vietnam war. Equality‚ as far as race‚ gender‚ and sexual attraction are all in high dispute at this day
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Military theory spans centuries of conflict all across the world. As such‚ military theorists have written in a variety of military climates‚ varying from the absence of gun powder to the presence of nuclear weapons. However‚ some military theories are transcendent. Some elements of Sun Tzu and Clausewitz are eternally wise. While their similarities may become universal truths‚ their differences are equally worthy of study because‚ it is in the differences where choices are made. Sun Tzu and Clausewitz
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Military Conscription Conscription‚ or more boldly the draft‚ has not been in place for some thirty years. While some people cringe at the thought of reinstating the draft‚ others have different views. This short paper will speak of those different views and the reasons why conscription of military service may not be such a bad idea after all. Having young men or even women drafted in the military would benefit everyone. The soldiers would benefit from gaining the knowledge and on-the-job training
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Sexual assault is a widespread epidemic in the military. Although sexual assault cases in the military dropped slightly in 2015‚ the reporting rate stayed the same‚ according to the Pentagon (Sarhan‚ 2016). There is a popular belief that the military has done a substantial job addressing this issue. However‚ the stigma of sexual assault has cast a black eye on our military and the potential impact it carries with it. The Department of Defense (DoD) has developed and created an agency that is
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Role of Race and Gender in Military Success This review focuses on the factors that may lead some to wonder if race and gender play a factor in the military when it comes to leadership and promotion opportunities. It is a known fact that the military is a male dominated organization which tends to define what a person is in order to know how to react towards that person. In total‚ there are 1‚166‚434 (85.1%) male active duty members and 203‚895 (14.9%) female active duty members. Within those
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Military Customs and Courtesies In the Army and throughout every branch there are certain customs and courtesies that every soldier and military member must follow in order for there to be order and discipline on a daily basis. Customs and courtesies are put in to place to show respect for Non Commissioned Officers and for Officers of all rank. In this essay‚ I will be writing about the importance of salutes‚ standing at the correct position when talking to someone higher ranking than yourself
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Military Drinking Age What would happen if the drinking age were lowered for those in the military? Xxxxx xxxxx English 123 Mrs. Xxxxxx 20 Apr 20XX Military Drinking Age 1 What would happen if the drinking age were lowered for those in the military? When I started this paper‚ I didn’t want my own views to sway my opinion on this question. The more I researched‚ the more I had even my own views expanded. I wanted to know what military people thought about this topic‚ what
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different types of healthcare coverages out there it’s not an easy process going about finding the best coverage for those of military service and their family. One of the most important benefits of military service is Health Care. TRICARE is a healthcare program by the Department of Defense that provides health care coverage for medical services‚ medications‚ and dental care for military families and retirees and their and survivors. “The United States Department of defense operates a substantial program
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Women in military Most of people think that women are not able to deal with physical jobs. In earlier times people always used women only for cooking‚ raising children‚ washing clothes‚ and other things. On those times women did not have any chance to get involved in random life and a lot of things were prevented to them. The cruelest thing that was prohibited to women was the right of education. For many years this was part of our lives especially to Albanians. Everyone considered it like a good
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The Effect of The “Us vs Them” Mentality on U.S. Military Personnel and Police Force There exists a very dangerous threat to society that settles in the minds of both the law enforcement and military of this nation and many other nations. This threat manifests itself in such forms as blatant racism‚ discrimination‚ xenophobia‚ and‚ in some cases‚ the use of excessive‚ sadistic‚ or otherwise unnecessarily excessive force. This threat that I write of will commonly be referred to as the “us vs them”
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