Quote:
|
Originally Posted by genius
unlikely, with all the new hitech weapon systems, it requires highly trained professionals. having a lot of half-trained draftees is not adviseable, they endanger their own lifes and that of everyone around them. a bunch of infantry with 3 months training is more an impediment than an asset, they need food and other logistics, they need aircover and constant patrols in the area around them, but you cannot use them for combat, because you must avoid heavy casualties.
|
Uh, just out of curiosity, have you ever been in the military? Have you served time?
There is absolutelly nothing preventing the drafted personnel from being just as good and well trained as the rest of the troops. Even the marines only take a 4 month training boot camp, after wich they are likely to get sent into action just as any other troops. Besides, some countries have 1 year military service, some others have 6 months, and others have 4 months. The ammount of time is established by political parameters, not military. If the political will exists, there´s no impediment to have a good military service that produces well trained troops. It just depends on the means available, the instructors capability and availability, and the training programs.
As Barça pointed out, the Israeli army is a very good example, where the military service lasts for 2 whole years, during wich time they spend over half of it on active duty. It depends also on the realities of each individual nation.