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(531 posts)The military has enough problems dealing with the problem children who volunteered adding those who do not want to be in the military to the mix will only create more problems.
So much could be accomplished too! Just look what the CCC did. People could build and refurbish homes, schools, hospitals, clinics, parks, play grounds, etc
Have the service period flexible too, break up the service over a period of years, mulit generational people all helping in different ways. Do some service right out of HS and do some later in life. Even let people do weekend service if they want.
Think about it, an older person with successful small business experience could mentor and assist new or existing business owners in neighborhoods that have been rebuilt. Engineers and Scientists could teach in the public schools. The adrenaline junkies would volunteer to fight forest fires, they may not want to jump out of a plane with a gun but jump out of a plane to fight forest fires is a more appealing option.
The single biggest thing people would learn from this, life is not always about just you.