"Gould 0738" wrote in message
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And......the military has repeatedly said they do not want conscripts

Then they better do something to attract a sufficient number of genuine
volunteers.

The problem I believe, from what I have read......is the retention of
specialized and experienced people.......medical, engineering etc......those
are the ones being recalled. I have not seen any reports of problems
recruiting at the lower ranks.

Maybe the answer is pay. What does an E-3, E-4, or E-5 earn today?

No doubt......but on the other hand.....I would suspect that most of those
highly skilled/experienced people getting recalled received their education
through the military, and are obligated to serve because of it.


(Probably
doesn't compare very well to the six figure salaries that we're paying
the
private "security contractors" hired by Kellog, Brown and Root at
taxpayer's
ultimate expense. Wonder if KBR is having trouble recruiting?)

Calling out the geezer brigade, (some of whom "volunteered" maybe 15-20
plus
years ago and have been inactive for a very long time), isn't
"technically" a
draft.....it's just yarding in a bunch of civilians who would really
rather be
somewhere else and doing something else. People who have already served.

No, it is making them live up to the contracts they signed.



Maybe the military doesn't want conscripts, but if we are going to be
taken
seriously with our implied threat to occupy any countries that give us
too much
krap, we're going to need the manpower to pull that off.

Extending tours of duty, calling up the National Guard, activating the
Reserves, and recalling ex-military doesn't create an impression that
we've got
any excess troop strength.