The US Military draft went away 50 years ago…..
But some of Donald Trump’s people want more young Americans to ‘put skin in the game’…..
One percent of the countries population serves in the countries armed service which is the third largest in the world…
The idea of making 18 year olds in the United States sign up for compulsory GOVERNMENT Service IS something that will be related to dead letter file I’m gonna guess…..
This is NOT a way to get MORE young voters to come out FOR Donald Trump in November….
It’s quite the OPPOSITE...
And to have this possibly hawked by Donald Trump?
(I SERIOUSLY doubt this will happen)
An ex-President who has shown his distaste for his own military and the sacrifice by its members…
Christopher Miller, who led the Pentagon during the chaotic closure of Trump’s tenure in Washington, detailed his vision for the ASVAB and a range of other changes as part of Project 2025, the conservative Heritage Foundation’s government-wide game plan should the presumptive Republican nominee return to the White House. Miller is among a cluster of influential former administration officials and GOP lawmakers who have mused aloud about a national service mandate and other measures to remedy what they see as a “crisis” facing the all-volunteer military.
Trump has signaled that Miller, if there is a second term, might reprise his role as defense secretary, a powerful Cabinet post with sway over Pentagon policy. And though the former president has not publicly endorsed this Heritage strategy document, he did embrace many of the organization’s proposals at the outset of his first term.
In an interview, Miller said a national service requirement should be “strongly considered.” He described the concept as a common “rite of passage,” one that would create a sense of “shared sacrifice” among America’s youth….
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Trump’s own relationship with the military is complicated. As a teenager, he attended a military academy but later sought deferments to avoid service during the Vietnam War. As president, he embraced the role of commander in chief but routinely clashed with the Pentagon as its leaders balked at many of his impulses and recoiled when claims surfaced that he’d disparaged those killed in combat.
Trump’s campaign declined to address whether the former president supports mandatory military service and sought to tamp down speculation about his agenda…
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A Rand study published in 2017 found that low-income areas are disproportionately targeted by military recruiters. A separate Rand report, published in April, suggests that incidents of misconduct by recruiters have shaped the impressions of some parents and school administrators, who fear they “might endanger students or take advantage of those too young to understand the commitment of enlistment.”
A national service requirement, Miller contends, would afford young people from across the country the opportunity to learn about and rely on one another. He and other advocates on the political right say they believe the United States is losing its civil cohesion and view this as a solution….
image…High-schooler Jasmine Florez tries on Army equipment during an event last year in California….Watchara Phomicinda/MediaNews Group/Press-Enterprise/Getty