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Rattus, I thought the same about the military...but I must say leave the girls out of the mandatory thing. 2 yrs is a long time too but I think the basic and AIT would be enough to get things going in the right direction. One year would be enough. I also remember back in the day when I got drafted, there were guys that got left behind because they couldn't do anything like read and write. They were the ones that were left home to bread like rats while educated people were shipped off to Nam etc. I now see these left behind people working in the dish washing department of local restaurants as old men so why couldn't they have been drafted to be cooks, dishwashers etc?...Sure now days you have to have smarts to be in the military for one so you listen to orders and the tec equipment now days...but come on...there still is need for a cook/dishwasher. I know they farm it out to civilians now.....When I got drafted, my buddies that didn't ...(most had the wrong draft number) got to open their own shops, garages, stores (stole my tools) or got good jobs in mills etc..but when I got home...it was slim pickens...managed to survive and had some good jobs but it was tough as that was the time the mills were shutting down etc etc.....I felt it not fair some went and some didn't...only because I seen a job there for everyone. Oh well...Glad I served....bless those that still do.....
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