Military Definition and 112 Threads

It's not unheard of (paticularly for youths) for a convicted person to be given the alternative to join the military as opposed to prison. Do you believe everyone (most) should be given this opportunity? what would be the advantages/disadvantages of it being sentenced? (as in; forced upon, not...

It always amazes me how people who are young enough and fit enough to serve in the military can both support the war, and yet not sign up for the military. The way I see it, if you think there's a cause out there worth fighting and dying for, then you should be willing to fight and die for it...

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/iraq/la-fg-troops18nov18,0,6045845,print.story Getting ready for the draft?

Hello Everyone, (Note: I have no discrimination against Japanese or Chinese cultures nor, their nations overall.) After the Japanese were defeated in WWII, and the Marshall Plan of reconstruction took hold where American democracy was instilled into them. (although it seems the US...

Who here thinks NASA should be given more money and the US military a whole lot less? I know I do seeing how I'm a pacifist and don't believe in war. I know most people would never completely drain the military of funding. But really its got way to much funding, I mean its not like people are...

The Bush administration was bracing itself last night for the release of new pictures and video footage from Abu Ghraib which show US soldiers having sex with an Iraqi woman prisoner, troops almost beating a prisoner to death, and the rape of young boys by Iraqi guards at the jail. Senior...

I assume that Americans know what the military is, so why is there a need to advertise? It's not like the US military needs more people in it; many of the Americans I know online are in the military or are going to be. Americans I have associated with have said there are military recruiters at...

I've got a friend who lives on a military base. The base has a firewall that blocks out a ton of stuff and such so I was wondering if anyone knew something that could bypass this firewall. I remeber someone had http tunnel client a while back and that worked but you have to pay for that.

What are the conditions necessary for military attacks in the United States, and by what laws? Who can make the decision? What conditions must be met before the decision can legally be made?

Discuss.

How do you think this will affect the ME? Saudi, Islamic fundamentalist views towards the U.S.? Saudi's human rights issues?

In the face of certain defeat and the deaths of may Iraqis, Saddam Hussein has been offered an alternative. Give yourself up and the US will not make war on your country. If Saddam truly cared about his people, he would leave the country, thus sparing the Iraqi people death and destruction...