Why We Should Not Be Required Military Service

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In many countries, 18 year olds do not go directly from high school to college or the workplace but are instead required to spend a year in their country's military. Luckily in the United States we do not have this. This is completely unfair to the citizens of a country. People of any country should not be forced to go into the military if they don't want to. This requirement is unfair because it takes away individuals' freedom, it hurts a country's economy, and some people just aren't able to handle military life.

Required military service should not be allowed because it hurts the economy. In some countries, I know it is more than one year of required military service. This requirement sets people back in life a year or up to as many years that are required. People out of high school can't go straight to work and make money. A lot can change during that time and many students may decide it isn't worth it to go back to school. Many may start new chapters in their lives and realize that they just can't go back to school. This requirement lowers the rate of citizens that go to college which, in turn, hurts the economy and the number of educated people within a country. …show more content…

Some people don't have the body to handle the physical demands put on them. They couldn't handle running on little to no sleep then going out and running for miles while carrying 40 pounds. Mentally some people just can't be around military life. Just the thought of guns give some people anxiety and going through required service and having to shoot and get shot at. Then the emotional stress of seeing death knowing that you may die next. The military definitely isn't for everybody so it definitely should not be

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