i'm considering joining the marines

[DrenDran]

I would join the armed forces over here in AUS because from what I hear the after-service support is amazing

I would not do so in the US because my relatives tell me the after-service support is terrible

Why the forget does Australia have a military?

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[Mikoyan]

Why the forget does Australia have a military?

r u srs

[blockguy™]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscription_in_the_United_States#Post-1980_draft_registration

"to serve the emergency manpower needs of the Military by conscripting untrained manpower, or personnel with professional health care skills, if directed by Congress and the President in a national crCIA"

basically you will only get drafted if america is being attacked by god damn commies

[DiceyGrammar]

Why the forget does Australia have a military?

..because we're a sovereign State?

[Mikoyan]

basically you will only get drafted if america is being attacked by god damn commies

Or if another world war was to arise in which we were very outnumbered in our current status? There's a lot of situations where the draft could be activated.

[devildogelite]

i thought the US government made drafting illegal, recruits have to join on their own will

I take it you're not 18 then, you have to sign up for selective service when you turn 18 or else you're not eligible for financial aid for college. I think it's illegal too but they don't really do much about it. I also doubt there will ever be a draft but whatever I'm diabetic so I can't be drafted yo.

[blockguy™]

Or if another world war was to arise in which we were very outnumbered in our current status? There's a lot of situations where the draft could be activated.

oh
if you are allergic to anything will they let you join

[Foxscotch]

basically you will only get drafted if america is being attacked by god damn commies

dunno what national crCIA means bc it's so vague
but whether it means a third world war or an invasion by north korea. I don't wanna get drafted. don't care what the reason is for reinstating the draft

[devildogelite]

dunno what national crCIA means bc it's so vague
but whether it means a third world war or an invasion by north korea. I don't wanna get drafted. don't care what the reason is for reinstating the draft

If America is facing an invasion we've already lost.

[Mikoyan]

If America is facing an invasion we've already lost.

Not if the rednecks have anything to say about it

[blockguy™]

If America is facing an invasion we've already lost.

the only threats there are to america is russia currently i guess

[DrenDran]

..because we're a sovereign State?

r u srs

So what you're saying is every Nation needs a significant standing military even if they are being threatened by no one?

What about Japan?

[Foxscotch]

So what you're saying is every Nation needs a significant standing military even if they are being threatened by no one?
What about Japan?

what? what about japan? do you think they don't have a military?

[DiceyGrammar]

So what you're saying is every Nation needs a significant standing military even if they are being threatened by no one?

The Australian military has a large peacekeeping and capacity building role across the whole oceanic region

That's why we need a military

[DrenDran]

what? what about japan? do you think they don't have a military?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_history_of_Japan#Post.E2.80.93World_War_II

After a period of U.S. occupation (1945–1952), Japan regained its independence. Japan was also forbidden to have a standing military or wage war by Article 9 of its Constitution.

Although the Japanese constitution says "land, sea, and air forces, as well as other war potential, will never be maintained," the Jieitai (自衛隊), or Japan Self-Defense Forces were created shortly after the end of U.S. occupation. The Jieitai is one of the most technologically advanced armed forces in the world and Japanese military expenditures are the seventh highest in the world. Though the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security, signed in 1960, allows for the continued presence of American military bases in Japan, most of them on Okinawa, no formal agreement was ever set by which Japan officially relies on the United States, United Nations, or anybody else for its defense.

In the aftermath of the Occupation, attempts were made by some administrations in Japan, particularly at the urging of the United States, to amend the Constitution and rearm. This was prevented by intense popular sentiment against this action, and against war in general, along with the attitudes and agendas of significant elements within the government. In 1967, Prime Minister Eisaku Satō outlined the Three Non-Nuclear Principles by which Japan stands against its production, or possession of nuclear weaponry. Similar ideas were expressed several years later against the production and export of conventional arms. The Diet of Japan is currently deliberating an amendment to the Constitution that would repeal Article Nine, and allow Japan to once again have projective military capacity.

They didn't at one point.

Even now they're only spending 1% of the GDP on it.