Essay - Mandatory Military Service Introduction Each Year Around the World, Millions...

Mandatory Military Service

Introduction

Each year around the world, millions of young men reach ***** age of majority, kiss their families goodbye and go off to join the military. This is not because they dreamed of becoming soldier while ***** were growing up. It is not because they understand and appreciate the benefits that a military training camp can give *****m. They join because the law says ***** must. M*****atory ***** service is not a new concept in the world. ***** has been practiced in many nations, for many reasons with many different programs. The United States disbanded its only mandatory military ***** when it dismantled the military draft program in 1973(Conscription in the United States (http://www.answers.com/topic/conscription-in-*****-united-states).

For three decades the United States enjoyed a draft free existence depending only on a volunteer ***** service to provide ***** its needs. Following the events of 9-11 however, *****ttention turned ***** the question. Does ***** ***** States need to reinstate its mandatory military *****? While American men have been mandated for years to register for military service upon turning 18 ***** old, the actual service ***** ***** been requested by one person. In addition, the way it has been set up it will take an act of Congress to ***** the draft.

Since the war in Iraq began several bills ***** been introduced to try and start another m*****a*****ry ***** service in the Un*****ed States. One ***** has to look at the dissatisfaction of o*****r nation programs and the people forced to serve in them to realize ***** a m*****atory military service program ***** America would not be beneficial.

***** History

***** first time a ***** system was used in the United States was *****12, though the Act that made it possible was adopted ***** 1792. The National Conscription ***** of ***** provided the right for the nation to order ***** men into *****(Conscription in the United States (http://www.answers.com/topic/conscription-in-the-united-states).

***** first draft riots occurred in 1863 ***** the Confederate Army instituted conscription the previous year. The resistance to such forced service was not only widespread it was violent and angry with many people comparing it to slavery(Conscription in the United States (http://www.answers.com/*****pic/conscription-*****-the-united-states).

Since that time every war ***** America was a part of there was men *****ed to serve through a conscription program.

Following the end of Vietnam the mandatory military service program in America was halted and in its place young ***** took ***** in Selective Service Registration where they ***** at the age of 18 but are not ***** danger ***** being drafted without an act of Congress to allow it to happen(Conscription in the United States (http://www.answers.com/*****pic/*****-in-the-united-states).

Around the World

In many ********** around the world, ***** men grow up knowing that they will spend at least part of their life as a *****. In Israeli for example when young boys become young men ***** are required to put their plans on h***** ***** ***** ***** basic training in the military(Dunbar, 2002). Follow*****g their ***** training they are then