Should military service be compulsory? Why? Military service is compulsory in most countries in the world. The argument on conscription has always been quite controversial and up till now there seems to have been no sort of agreement. In my idea military service should be abolished if men want peace. The first step towards peace would be not having a military force as this wouldn’t be needed during times of peace. Having a large military force nowadays seems to be quite useless as countries are
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worldwide in the armed forces making military children‚ one of the largest and unique parts of the military community. According to the research‚ Month of the Military Child (MOMC) is part of former Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger legacy which was established in 1986. The Defense Department commemorates the importance the role of military offspring has in the armed forces community. “Although young‚ these brave children stand in steadfast support of their military parent with admiration;” thus‚ April
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kids and takes care of the house. They too are now in positions of power in the work place and military. Take for instance Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton she has been a senator‚ the only American first lady to hold national office and is currently the Secretary of state. That is a very powerful position I bet she had to work really hard to get there also. I think this scares some men in the military “not all” but most men have always been in power‚ in control of everything except having babies
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Why it is Important to maintain Accountability of Government Property Keeping accountability of your sensitive items is extremely important. Losing any piece of military equipment is a sever mistake that should never be made. Some things are a lot more important than others and need to be kept secure at all times. Losing a sensitive item can cause problems for a lot of people; the soldier who lost it‚ that soldiers team leader‚ squad leader‚ and the unit in as whole. It also puts the security
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years. In recognition of their brave and patriotic service to the nation‚ enlisted service members should be better compensated for their courage to serve.Good thesis According to the fiscal year 2002 military pay scale the average enlisted service member with two years of service in the military is paid $1‚385.40 per month (www.DFAS.mil). Broken down this figure is equal to roughly $8.65 per hour. With the rate of taxes being higher on single personnel and the fact that some service members have
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Selective Training and Service Act of 1940‚ which created the countries first peacetime draft. In 1973 the draft ended and the U.S converted to an All-American military. Even though there is no draft‚ yet‚ there is still a requirement for men who reach the age of 18 to register for selective service. America today is worried about a military draft becoming law. Some believed that the Bush administration was preparing to reinstate the draft. There was legislation pending in the House in 2004 and
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the same goal of becoming a soldier in the military and they usually do reside in the same dwelling place‚ the exact definition of Webster’s. Many people have different viewpoints of what a family is. "What Family?" by Pauline Irit Erera analyzes the way a family has changed over many of the years. Erera also states that the family is something that cannot ever be defined due to how fast it is changing. During many of the militaries basic military training (BMT) there is a brotherhood that
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their eyes (Frey‚ "Military mental health"). Dating as far back as the civil war when they first started to notice PTSD‚ the doctors would come up with new theories and ideas of how people got PTSD. They would mostly focus on two ideas one called Soldier’s Heart or Da Costa’s Syndrome and the other Nostalgia. On physiological side they believed that the soldiers reacted to the strain of the Civil War with cardiac disorder (Levinson‚” General semantics and PTSD in the military”). They also had a
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Military Organization BC345: Organizational Communication Instructor: Dr. Loretta Jenkins Assignment Due Date: 3/8/2014 My choice is easy because‚ how can you not choose one of the greatest forces on this earth the US Military. I will emphasize more on the US Army because that is who I work for now. I did serve sometime in the US Air Force for the first part of my career‚ five years’ worth. The Army‚ as one of the three military departments
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assumption is that‚ albeit symptoms characteristic of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) has been noted in military personnel for many centuries‚ it was not until 1980 that the disorder was formally recognized and became the focus of legitimate study. The central problem addressed in this study is that after three decades of research a definitive answer regarding the prevalence of PTSD in the military is still lacking. One key concept supporting the argument is including that Prevalence estimates to range
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