An unreasonable army?

Bertgang · 09-19-06, 11:09 AM

The changement from conscripted to professional army isn't easy at all, as my country is experiencing since some years.

Once we had too much conscripts, and lot of them had little to do out of cleaning barracks; now we have professional soldiers, often veterans of pacekeeping missions, but their number is really too small for the several tasks of our army.

The further step is to make something similar to US National Guard, using civilians ready to wear an uniform if asked.

I just volountered for this sort of service, having now an unexpected freedom from family's duties; I'm becoming a bit aged for that but, who knows, someone knowing two foreign languages should have at least a chance to be really enlisted.

09-19-06, 11:09 AM	#8
Bertgang Sparky Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Italy Posts: 158 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	The changement from conscripted to professional army isn't easy at all, as my country is experiencing since some years. Once we had too much conscripts, and lot of them had little to do out of cleaning barracks; now we have professional soldiers, often veterans of pacekeeping missions, but their number is really too small for the several tasks of our army. The further step is to make something similar to US National Guard, using civilians ready to wear an uniform if asked. I just volountered for this sort of service, having now an unexpected freedom from family's duties; I'm becoming a bit aged for that but, who knows, someone knowing two foreign languages should have at least a chance to be really enlisted.