RE: -For those who've served in the military
July 6, 2014 at 11:06 am
(This post was last modified: July 6, 2014 at 11:07 am by The Grand Nudger.)
We don't have anything like that. Our military has an entrenched and fortified position in high schools and colleges - a forward operating base, if you will..lol, but otherwise you approach the military - not the other way round (and even the presence in schools is mostly of that sort). There's nothing compulsory about it (not even a day to see what it's all about) until you sign on the dotted line. Things change then, of course. Conscientious objectors, in this country, can serve as infantry (or anything else)- and some do. Medics, in particular, seem to have a preponderance of objectors.
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