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Originally posted by Dwarf020
I think it has been fairly clearly demonstrated by the past couple decades that a military based on enlistment rather then drafting makes for a better military, at least for the united states. ask any military officer if they'd like to lead drafted soldiers into battle. The training and motivation are always better with career military troops rather then with draftees.
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While this is true with the grunts, its just the opposite for the medical people. The military pay for docs is pretty bad and they recruit on the premise that you can be lazy (I kid you not) and not worry about getting sued. As such you either have young doctors just out of school paying for scholarships with their time, and a lot of guys who couldn't cut it in private practice. Now I'm sure there are some great docs in the military, but on average I'd stay away. At one recruitment event I asked the recruiter if I'd be working on base personnel’s children if I signed up. He said unless I was stationed overseas I most likely wouldn't be since in the states they get private insurance and take them off base.