Learn from the mistakes of others

We are being told that our Defence Forces are so overcommitted and unpopular that they cannot meet their recruiting targets. The solution, we are told, would be compulsory national service. Have people forgotten Vietnam already? You cannot compel a person to be motivated or like what they are doing. [Even if it is not military service*.]

Our Defence Forces have been plagued with inquiries into bastardisation, poor safety, personnel retention issues, and other issues. Middle management is leaving in droves because they can get better pay, and better conditions elsewhere. Luckily, having acquired employment experience, they have choices available to them. Perhaps if the armed forces were to treat those it already has better, with more consideration for the *people* themselves, they might be

1. a more attractive employment option, and
2. more likely to keep their experienced people?

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* isn't it amazing that people who wouldn't be required to participate are so aggressively advocating it?

We are being told that our Defence Forces are so overcommitted and unpopular that they cannot meet their recruiting targets. The solution, we are told, would be compulsory national service. Have people forgotten Vietnam already? You cannot compel a person to be motivated or like what they are doing. [Even if it is not military service*.]

Our Defence Forces have been plagued with inquiries into bastardisation, poor safety, personnel retention issues, and other issues. Middle management is leaving in droves because they can get better pay, and better conditions elsewhere. Luckily, having acquired employment experience, they have choices available to them. Perhaps if the armed forces were to treat those it already has better, with more consideration for the *people* themselves, they might be

1. a more attractive employment option, and
2. more likely to keep their experienced people?

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* isn't it amazing that people who wouldn't be required to participate are so aggressively advocating it?