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Originally Posted by Angry
Well, currently we are the only all volunteer military in the world. Everywhere else there is a mandatory 2 years of service.
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What utter bollocks! Where are you getting your numbers from? I was part of the UK's volunteer force, and there's about another 60 countries where it's volunteer only.
Please post proof or stop making idiotic statements.
Volunteer military - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
As for the Bundeswehr:
German Army Drinks and Smokes Too Much, Ombudsman Says | Germany | Deutsche Welle | 04.03.2008
Reinhold Robbe's 2008 report, which he presented to his employer, the German parliament, on Tuesday, March 4, said that more than 40 percent of the country's soldiers were overweight and over 70 percent were regular smokers. Sports often played a minor role in the army, and the soldiers' physical abilities were alarming, the ombudsman said. The German army was suffering from the effects of a passive lifestyle.