Trump on Vietnam and his (lack of) Military Service

[Dill]

(06-11-2019, 12:57 PM)Mike M (the other one) Wrote: Well I don't like war, but I do believe that EVERYONE right out of HS (both male and female) should go to a basic boot camp, no exceptions and learn how to use a weapon and spend at least one year in the Military. If we are at war, they would be strictly support. The ones that stay in past the required year are the ones that would be doing the fighting.

I did try to join up after HS, did the ASVAB test and afterwards the Air Force and Navy were trying to recruit me.
Ended up being rejected based on my hearing loss. Sucks, cause I was wanting to put in my 20 years and retire, then work as a civilian.

I like the idea of making sure that every American has some skin in the game of US politics, but it would be very hard to put that many 18 year olds in uniform and train them.

What about a civic service alternative, like Germany used to have?