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(Please no talking about the draft itself, there's plenty of ongoing discussion on it anyways and it's always the same opinion.)
Judging by media talking points it seems highly likely that the USA will start a draft in the coming year. And it's interesting to think on the logistical part of it. I'm assuming the elite units will still have enough willing recuits, and the main issue will be the other 95% of army jobs that require responsibility, diligence and minimal fitness. Also no fucking way women will participate behind some administrative duties.
The big problem I see is the obesity epidemic, if in the past you could take a random guy and he'd have be good enogh for basic training, nowadays a good chunk of millenials/zoomers are not worth the effort of training due to being unfit physically (and probably mentally). Issue is that giving a pass to fatsos will probably push more to being fat and will be very unfair. Ditto gender specials which will be another way out.
Another question is if the USA will allow people to pay their way out or only allow the usual doctors note of physical disability.
Judging by media talking points it seems highly likely that the USA will start a draft in the coming year. And it's interesting to think on the logistical part of it. I'm assuming the elite units will still have enough willing recuits, and the main issue will be the other 95% of army jobs that require responsibility, diligence and minimal fitness. Also no fucking way women will participate behind some administrative duties.
The big problem I see is the obesity epidemic, if in the past you could take a random guy and he'd have be good enogh for basic training, nowadays a good chunk of millenials/zoomers are not worth the effort of training due to being unfit physically (and probably mentally). Issue is that giving a pass to fatsos will probably push more to being fat and will be very unfair. Ditto gender specials which will be another way out.
Another question is if the USA will allow people to pay their way out or only allow the usual doctors note of physical disability.