Obama's Chief of Staff Promoting Mandatory Defense Training

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Originally Posted by RedskinRat

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.

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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.

Sorry, I meant the only Big Army that does not enforce conscription.
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I didn't know that the UK had a force. I thought that you guys fell in line with Iceland...My bad. It's a Joke

All kidding aside, most of the Mojor military powers have mandatory conscription.

My point, out of this list, which Armies are major World powers?

• 2.1 Argentina 2.2 Australia 2.3 Belgium 2.4 Belize 2.5 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.6 Bulgaria 2.7 Canada 2.8 Costa Rica 2.9 Croatia 2.10 Czech Republic 2.11 France 2.12 Hungary <2.13 India 2.14 Iraq 2.15 Republic of Ireland 2.16 Italy 2.17 Jamaica 2.18 Japan 2.19 Latvia 2.20 Lebanon 2.21 Luxembourg 2.22 Republic of Macedonia 2.23 Montenegro 2.24 Morocco 2.25 Netherlands 2.26 New Zealand 2.27 Pakistan 2.28 Panama 2.29 Peru 2.30 Philippines 2.31 Portugal 2.32 Romania 2.33 Slovakia 2.34 Slovenia 2.35 South Africa 2.36 Spain 2.37 Tanzania 2.38 United Kingdom 2.39 United States

If you answered the UK and the U.S., then you are correct. Hell, Iraq just got put on this list. So, forgive my previous exaggeration when I said that we were the only all volunteer Army.

Edit: I know that the UK is not part of the US, but I have fought alongside those guys before and sometimes I fail to differentiate between the 2. Yes, they are an all volunteer force, an some damn good comrades, especially when they perform all of their "Man Tests"...hilarious. You guys never passed the chewing tobacco test though, you guys aren't used to dip and you would prove it every time you vomit.