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Does u. s have compulsory military service?

I have heard that they dont. Is that true?
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Omg i am shocked. So men also can study straight away after graduating high school like girls? My male class mates did a compulsory military service after high school. And why does america have one of the largest armies, if it is volunterarily? Why should someone do that voluntarily?
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Is it dangerous for woman to join the millitary and have you ever joined the millitary? Why do someone join it volunterarily to to kill random people in afghanistan for example? I dont know how you protect your own country by invading random countries. No hate, i only dont understand it
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  • Registering for the selective service (draft) is compulsory to men only in the US. Otherwise they are fined and jailed for failure to comply.

    Men enter the military because they see that as a better career, education, and healthcare path. The Montgomery GI bill provides a significant subsidy for attending college. Most people I know who entered the military did so specifically for that benefit. They do this because males are far less likely to receive scholarships than females in the US, especially white males, as they're deemed privileged. Loans may not be possible, leaving no real access to a university, so military service becomes necessary.

    There are also education and technical programs the military offers, some of which is useful in the civilian world. Of course, the VA hospitals offer extremely affordable or free healthcare coverage for veterans, though the level of care is substandard and I have seen many signs of neglect in the past.

    People who sign to active duty do so for myriad reasons. Some want to kill others, while some may want to see the world. A few go active duty in order to kill themselves. Untold numbers of other reasons exist.

    The US military invades in order to protect political and business interests, which are usually linked.
    The US entered WW2 after being attacked at Pearl Harbor, while the country had been shipping sullies to profit off the war.

    Korea was supposedly about controlling the spread of communism, so an occupation to push the American agenda was put in place.

    Vietnam was similar, except America wanted to secure the rubber exports, as Vietnam to date is one of the largest exporters of rubber.

    The wars in the middle east are from America's meddling in political affairs. Consider Iran. US insteated the shah, and backed him, making him more of a puppet. The Iranian people rose against it, and instated the Ayatollah as a religious/political leader.

    America is a bully, using its corporate or political clout to profit off the suffering of other nations, wars, and poverty. I know plenty may disagree, but all one needs to do is look beyond the school history books, and be objective.

  • We do on rare occasions called "the draft".

    Being drafted means that you are selected for military service even if you didn't want to join.
    The draft MAY come into play during war.

    There hasn't been a draft in almost 50 years - when the US was fighting during the Vietnam War.
    michiganintheworld.history.lsa.umich.edu/.../the-military-draft-during-the-


    However, the USA does not have mandatory military service requirements like Israel and either Turkey or Greece does.

    • Turkey does not have it?

    • I don't know... 30+ years ago, I had some Greek and Turkish friends. One of them I know had to go back and do military service.

    • worldpopulationreview.com/.../

      Countries With Mandatory Military Service 2020

      Country : GREECE
      Population 2019: 10,473,455
      Mandatory Military Service: YES
      Military Service Age and Obligation:
      19-45 years of age for compulsory military service; during wartime the law allows for recruitment beginning January of the year of inductee's 18th birthday, thus including 17 year olds; 18 years of age for volunteers; conscript service obligation is 1 year for the Army and 9 months for the Air Force and Navy; women are eligible for voluntary military service (2014)

      Country : TURKEY
      Population 2019: 83,429,615
      Mandatory Military Service: YES
      Military Service Age and Obligation:
      Turkey has a system of male compulsory military service from 21-41 years of age (in case of mobilization, up to 65 years of age) and is expected to implement a new five-tier conscription model in May 2019; Tier 1: Six-months of obligatory service with possible exemption (subject to a lottery system), following 21-day basic training, in exchange for a one-time payment of 31,343 Turkish Lira; Tier 2: Following initial six-month conscription period, an additional six months paid service and possibility to convert to "Specialized Sergeant" category with full pay and benefits; Tier 3: Aimed at vocational school graduates, consists of 12-month service with possibility to convert to non-commissioned officer status; Tier 4: Aimed at university graduates, consists of 12-month service with possibility to convert to officer status (First Lieutenant); Tier 5: Turkish citizens with a residence or work permit who have worked abroad for at least 3 years (1095 days) can be exempt from military service in exchange for 5,000 EUR or its equivalent in foreign currencies (2019)

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  • Von einem europäischen Standpunkt ist das schwer zu verstehen. Die österreichische unterscheidet sich was die Möglichkeit des Zivildienstes angeht auch stark von der schweizerischen beispielsweise, vielleicht kann @Lynx122 dazu was anmerken.
    Ich schreibe bewusst auf Deutsch, weil mir wichtig ist, dass da zwar bei dir, nicht zwingend aber bei den anderen hier ankommt: den Amerikanern ist ihr stark idolisiertes Militär so wichtig, dass sie nicht verstehen und erkennen (als Gruppe), dass die Kriegsverbrechen, die ihre Soldaten begehen, nicht in Ordnung sind.
    Amerikaner schließen sich wie einige männliche User bereits erzählt haben hauptsächlich wegen der vielen finanziellen und sozialen Vorteile dem Militär an. Die Schweiz hat ein starkes Militär, Österreich würde im Krisenfall überrannt werden. Das ist nicht weiter schlimm, schau dir mal Dänemark im zweiten Weltkrieg an, wenn du Zeit hast - die haben sich ihre Integrität bewahrt und die Besetzung nicht wirklich gespürt.
    Es geht alles, man darf nur nicht arrogant sein und glauben, Österreich hätte eine Chance im Krieg.
    Weiters sei angemerkt, dass in Amerika eher Leute angeheuert werden, die sonst kaum Karriereoptionen haben oder eher nicht studieren wollen (studieren ist ja sehr teuer). Wenn man es zu Hause nicht leicht hat und direkt nach der Schule einen Job angeboten bekommt, ist das natürlich verlockend.
    Wenn man allerdings vorbestraft ist, wird es wesentlich schwieriger, ist aber klar, oder?

    • The men that I served with were quite smart and many had college degrees even as privates. I don’t think you understand commitment to a cause or an idea. We don’t need to be bribes to join, only those who don’t participate think that. Sure there are benefits but not enough to face bullets and bombs. Freedom is not free... except to Europeans perhaps. There the Austrians wanted to murder and enslave people not long ago. Americans fought them, many dying in the process, and then gave freedom to the Austrians. Perhaps it is like a teenager inheriting great wealth and not earning for themselves... they don’t understand what it takes. Switzerland is free to, not because of their mountains but because we allow it as they couldn’t stop a modern army with modern weapons including nuclear weapons. They are free because we indirectly protect them. I want the US out of Europe and let them all protect themselves. They provide little value to the US and are not good allies.

    • @Jersey2 I wrote this reply in German for a reason. I am not willing to discuss this with an American. You love your military and are clearly not aware that as of April 1917 you had a mere 200 000 soldiers including the national guard. The US military grew dramatically after introducing several laws and highly envouraging young men to join. Whatever your soldiers do overseas is overlooked. Assange isn't celebrated as someone who shed light on the truth, but rather persecuted for what he did. That's just a glimpse of what's wrong with American heroism. All those videos of guys and women returning from war to their kids? All I can do is shake my head. I'll forgive you for your clear lack of perspective. The US wants to remain in a superpower position, which is why they see China as such a big threat. They guard their superpower status highly effectively through soft power (mass media, Coca Cola being sold everywhere, the fact that there are 194 McDonald's in Austria etc.) and through hard power (invading countries, always getting involved in wars etc.) I don't care that you were in the military, you can hate me for that but it's just my stance that we shouldn't need wars to solve problems. If there's one thing WWII taught Central Europeans, it's that we don't want another war. Think deeply about that, what is your country doing to contribute to that?

    • I appreciate your answer. Yes, I am aware of the size of our military in the early 1900s as well as our desire to be an Isolationist country at the time and before. When you discuss solving problems without wars and what the US is doing about that, I think the US creating the United Nations was a huge step for the world to avoid wars. We literally founded it instead of enslaving the world. The US also rebuilt Europe after WWII with the Marshal Program and Japan. The US protected Europe from Soviet invasion. We did that by having a powerful military. If you don’t want a war then make yourself strong enough that no one will attack you. Avoid war through strength. To be passive and pass I first is to invite war and domination. You were given peace, democracy and safety as a gift and you don’t understand how quickly things can change.

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  • They don't, they got rid of it after the Vietnam war.

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  • No the U. S. doesn't have compulsory military service but they go very far to promote the military and get people to sign on. Movies get funding from the military to include them in a good light for instance Transformers is a good example but there's many. The media is pretty much entirely bought by defense contractors, you barely ever see someone anti war on TV, there's even random ads everywhere. Of ourse every sports event has to be a celebration of the military too. When I was in an airport I saw an ad to join the air force.

    And they have a ton of recruiters everywhere, they promise kids with not many perspectives education and all kinds of things. These people don't understand what they're signing up for or who they're fighting or why the U. S. is even involved in all these conflicts in the first place and who's profiting off their killing and/or death. I think most of them don't have a direction in life and hope the military can give them that and they think they're doing a good thing too. If you think about how many young people don't know what they want to do with their life if you have someone who's experienced at talking to people it's not that hard to get people to sign up, they focus on young kids the most too. The American military also has by far the highest budget so they can afford to spend more on recruiting, advertising, salaries etc.

  • No we don’t and we volunteer because it’s good pay, the best benefits, excellent training for jobs when we leave and because we’re patriotic

    • Yes I have served in the US Navy and I’m very proud of it and would do it all over again. We go where we are ordered. We don’t do things on our own. The orders come from the President

  • The last time there was "required" military service was 1976 at the end of the Viet Nam war when the U. S. stopped the drafting of young men into military service

    • 1973 because that is when the Paris Peace Accords were signed and the US exited the war. The war ended on 30 APR, 1975 when Saigon fell to the NVA and was renamed Ho Chi Minh City.

  • Completely voluntary...

  • There is no compulsory military service here but you are required to sign up for the draft or you go to prison.

    • I haven't yet 😯

    • @ravagesavage when you turn 22.. If the government finds out about it, you will face felony charges.. Do you want to know how they find out about it? Income taxes.

  • Not at the moment

    • I couldn't agree more with your second comment. Soldiers haven't fought for OUR freedom since WWII. You're more likely to die in the US from a mass shooting committed by another American, than you are from an Islamic terrorist. No one is trying to invade us, and the REAL threat to our freedom are ANTIFA and the DemocRAT party. Because a lot of military people have anger issues that they want to release in a controlled environment. Also, the military offers a lot of opportunities for stupid people. It's not a nice environment for women, NO

  • They don’t. They do , are registering for the draft compulsory though but it has been a volunteer force for decades.

    • They do have registering*

    • What is the purpose of registering and do women have to do that too?

    • They register incase of a large scale war... “normal” wars they aren’t needed. Women don’t have to register but the feminists want them to.

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  • The last time was the early 1970s

  • They get paid !

  • You don't have to serve

  • Here is a good website for the info.

    worldpopulationreview.com/.../

  • No. The draft is actually unconstitutional as well since it is indentured servitude.

    • Update: men usually voluntarily joined the military for social status (Americans are very jingoistic and nationalistic) and it is a sort of welfare program for people desperate enough.

    • Yeah but you sure reap the benefits of their servitude don’t you asshole

    • @reptocarl Not since WW2, no. All the wars since then have been war profiteering that has taken away government spending that could have gone towards America's infrastructure, education and so on. I'm not thankful towards people who willingly fight for corporations.

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  • We have the most expensive military, not the largest. Unfortunately a large portion of those funds go toward nuclear technology that quickly becomes obsolete and will never be used because we're already spending billions on something better.

    • Well, if they still go bang they work... so it’s all good.

    • That's not the point. We have enough nukes kill everything but cockroaches hundreds of times over. Thats a waste of money, and fear is the driving force that perpetuates it. I'd rather they make more jets and tanks and drones than more nuclear weaponry. But even thats a problem, as we have old equipment from WW2 that's just collecting dust, and if all the money that was ever wasted on military preparation was used instead for helping Americans, the possibilities are massive. Better space exploration technology, space research, ocean mapping, environmental clean up, education, healthcare. We are the richest Country in the world but the only people who can tell are the 1% and goat fuckers who's 10 dollar huts get blown up by 200,000 dollars worth of explosives

    • Lol, fair enough

  • The military has a bunch of benefits, allows you to see places that are normally out of your reach, and you get taught new skills and get paid for it. It’s a great idea for anyone really. There’s the draft, which is inactive and cannot be used until they reword it to include women because it was ruled unconstitutional, but the draft also cannot be initiated until war breaks out.

  • they do

  • No, we don't. The military provides great benefits such as money for college, the possibility of seeing the world, a pretty nice retirement fund and more.

  • Military service has tons of benefits and respect over here.

  • We do not.

  • No not at all. Military service is strictly Volunteer.

  • nope not since Vietnam

    • for one the money, when i went in in 1968 i made 81 dollars a month as and private E-1 now it's 10 times or more than that.

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