The second is to ruin the military by introducing just the kind of people we don't want. As a military officer I have seen the quality of recruits go down with the decline of our society. We have almost a 25% attrition rate of first term enlistees with those who volunteered to come in. How successful would a draft be when there is absolutely no stigma from showing up at the induction center smoking a joint and kissing your gay lover.
Ding..there damn determined to relive the vietnam collapse...
I believe it.
It used to be a career, now it's simply a way to make some short term money & get a college degree. It used to be patriotic (and still is to some), now it's something those "idiots" in fly over country sign up for. The rednecks who just want to shoot guns...
The Dems/media have done a good job of stigmatizing the military.
I'm not going to disagree with you, but your enlisted have to be better than we had when the AVF started in the mid-70s.
I was in from 76-84, and we worked damn hard to make it work, and get rid of the unfit soldiers.
One thing that isn't broken is our all volunteer force. Returning to the draft would be a major mistake.
Doing a little research on the Draft and came across your post. Nobody has ever been drafted into the Navy so you don't need to worry. The Draft will supply the Army and perhaps the Marine Corps (2% in Korea, 12% in Vietnam) with MOS's that are quickly trained. We won't see a real Draft until we see a real war.