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JALU3 · 09-06-07, 05:38 AM

So I guess a 1200 officer and sailor ship would be out of the question . . . and that's not even including the Air Wing and Marines . . . but then again the Tarawas needed about 2/300 servicemembers less to operate . . . and the Saipan is still available.

I didn't realize that there was so much difficulty in recruiting . . . I would support a period of civil service . . . but rather, why not require a period of service in the australian version of the National Guard. This way there would be civil service, learning skills which will benefit the individual in the future, and also benefit the regular/active forces by supplementing their numbers in time of dire emergency.

09-06-07, 05:38 AM	#18
JALU3 Grey Wolf Join Date: May 2007 Location: 11SMS 98896 10565 Posts: 756 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	So I guess a 1200 officer and sailor ship would be out of the question . . . and that's not even including the Air Wing and Marines . . . but then again the Tarawas needed about 2/300 servicemembers less to operate . . . and the Saipan is still available. I didn't realize that there was so much difficulty in recruiting . . . I would support a period of civil service . . . but rather, why not require a period of service in the australian version of the National Guard. This way there would be civil service, learning skills which will benefit the individual in the future, and also benefit the regular/active forces by supplementing their numbers in time of dire emergency. __________________ "The Federation needs men like you, doctor. Men of conscience. Men of principle. Men who can sleep at night... You're also the reason Section Thirty-one exists -- someone has to protect men like you from a universe that doesn't share your sense of right and wrong." -Sloan, Section Thirty-One