National Service in the British Military
27-05-2024, 13:29
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National Service in the British Military
BBC.co.uk article
So what does Cable Forum think to this one? Interested to hear some other's thoughts on this
I couldn't see this already posted, apologies if it is.
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27-05-2024, 13:35
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Re: National Service in the British Military
This is being discussed as part of the election campaign thread here:
https://www.cableforum.uk/board/show...php?t=33712705
Except in very exceptional circumstances, manifesto commitments should be discussed in the main thread to prevent cross-posting.
I’ll let this one run for a little while to see if there’s appetite for a general discussion around national service, but if it becomes a duplicate discussion of the election campaign I’ll close it.
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27-05-2024, 14:59
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Re: National Service in the British Military
Well it should me mandatory, some of these chav's and thugs, would soon be put in their place, and find that a 6ft 5 drill Sargent wont be intimidated by them
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27-05-2024, 15:10
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Re: National Service in the British Military
We had YOPS (or was it YETIs?) serving with us. Most eventually signed-on at age 18, but one lad, the bane of his SNCO's life, just tore up his uniform and walked off the base.
Then there was YTS, followed by "volunteering" as a part of the Baccalaureate course. Most in our twins' year refused to work in Care Homes or Special Needs Schools, so ended-up Charity Chugging inside supermarkets (too cold and wet outside for the poor dears).
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27-05-2024, 15:12
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Re: National Service in the British Military
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Originally Posted by Hom3r
Well it should me mandatory, some of these chav's and thugs, would soon be put in their place, and find that a 6ft 5 drill Sargent wont be intimidated by them
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But what makes you think any of the 6’5” drill sergeants presently employed in the British Army have any interest in running a borstal for chavs? All of them are professional soldiers who have themselves become skilled at training professional soldiers for a professional army. The drill sergeants want to be there and the young men and women they train want to be there. Conscription is a whole other sort of operation that simply is not part of our national psyche, seeing as nobody here under about 80 years of age has done it. We introduced it at a time when we had no choice and then were able to continue it because the infrastructure for it was in place thanks to the war.
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27-05-2024, 16:12
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Re: National Service in the British Military
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But what makes you think any of the 6’5” drill sergeants presently employed in the British Army have any interest in running a borstal for chavs? All of them are professional soldiers who have themselves become skilled at training professional soldiers for a professional army. The drill sergeants want to be there and the young men and women they train want to be there. Conscription is a whole other sort of operation that simply is not part of our national psyche, seeing as nobody here under about 80 years of age has done it. We introduced it at a time when we had no choice and then were able to continue it because the infrastructure for it was in place thanks to the war.
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But some will find the army is for them.
I read a case many years ago about a guy who had 2 options prison or working with special need people, he thought the special needs was the better option, it was hard, but in the end he carried on as he found his vocation.
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27-05-2024, 16:25
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Re: National Service in the British Military
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But some will find the army is for them.
I read a case many years ago about a guy who had 2 options prison or working with special need people, he thought the special needs was the better option, it was hard, but in the end he carried on as he found his vocation.
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Charming and all that, but doesn’t answer my question.
No drill sergeant presently in the British Army signed up, or trained, for the task of beating recalcitrant young adults into *insert approved outcome here*. That is not what the army is for. Why should the army, or its drill sergeants, be expected to pick up a broken society’s crap?
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27-05-2024, 16:45
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Re: National Service in the British Military
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Charming and all that, but doesn’t answer my question.
No drill sergeant presently in the British Army signed up, or trained, for the task of beating recalcitrant young adults into *insert approved outcome here*. That is not what the army is for. Why should the army, or its drill sergeants, be expected to pick up a broken society’s crap?
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Quoted for truth...
When I joined up in the '70s (1970s, for any smerterse out there), the point of Basic Training was to find out if you could adapt to being part of the Military, work as part of a team, and to start to shape your potential - however, you could drop out at any point if you realised this life wasn't for you (the drop out rate in Basic was around 10-20% of the intake). You then went on to trade training, and in my course of 20, only 12 completed it.
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27-05-2024, 17:15
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Re: National Service in the British Military
If not the armed forces , which is for one year seems to be a waste of everyone's time. Working each weekend for year in the fireservice or what ever certainly is. Hope I misheard that parents will be held responsible of their 18 year old not doing it. Crazy idea , if this is the extent of tories thinking . Monster raving looney looks good.
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27-05-2024, 17:17
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Re: National Service in the British Military
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Originally Posted by Chris
But what makes you think any of the 6’5” drill sergeants presently employed in the British Army have any interest in running a borstal for chavs? All of them are professional soldiers who have themselves become skilled at training professional soldiers for a professional army. The drill sergeants want to be there and the young men and women they train want to be there. Conscription is a whole other sort of operation that simply is not part of our national psyche, seeing as nobody here under about 80 years of age has done it. We introduced it at a time when we had no choice and then were able to continue it because the infrastructure for it was in place thanks to the war.
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Originally Posted by Chris
Charming and all that, but doesn’t answer my question.
No drill sergeant presently in the British Army signed up, or trained, for the task of beating recalcitrant young adults into *insert approved outcome here*. That is not what the army is for. Why should the army, or its drill sergeants, be expected to pick up a broken society’s crap?
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27-05-2024, 17:23
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Re: National Service in the British Military
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Originally Posted by Chris
Charming and all that, but doesn’t answer my question.
No drill sergeant presently in the British Army signed up, or trained, for the task of beating recalcitrant young adults into *insert approved outcome here*. That is not what the army is for. Why should the army, or its drill sergeants, be expected to pick up a broken society’s crap?
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But won't these be the age of normal recruits?
I get what you mean, but jobs change and people have to change with them.
I did in many jobs, but I was told adapt or quit.
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27-05-2024, 18:34
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Re: National Service in the British Military
If this is going to be voted for then maybe everybody should do it?
If this is about a fantastic opportunity to give back to the communities that raised us then I don't see why we artificial limit it to people who are 18 when we've all benefited from our country. Why limit the ability to 'give back' to those lucky kids who'll turn 18 in 2029?
It might look to them as if we're forcing them to do something we wouldn't do ourselves. We get compelled to do jury service so let's follow that model.
Every so often there will be a draw and if you're picked you need to do some community service for one weekend every month for a year. You're eligible from 18 to 75. Once you've done your year then that's you sorted for life.
If you don't you're fined and barred from public service jobs.
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27-05-2024, 18:35
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Re: National Service in the British Military
I am 100% against this
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27-05-2024, 19:18
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Re: National Service in the British Military
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I did in many jobs, but I was told adapt or quit.
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The point of national service is that you aren’t allowed to quit.
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27-05-2024, 19:57
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Re: National Service in the British Military
Brilliant idea…..
In one hand we were warned that we live in particularly difficult/dangerous times on the other hand let’s take £2.5bn and waste it an an attempt to satisfy a desperate attempt to incentivise older voters rather than where it’s supposedly needed.
I fully expect the next Tory party political broadcast to feature the theme music from the Hovis advert and a sepia cobbled street.
As a side note approx 31yrs ago I had my final interview at Fulford barracks York. Thankfully the officer interviewing me realised I had no interest whatsoever in joining and it was all the ruse of my arse of a step father. Bullet dodged possibly in more ways than one
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