JD pretty much has it right on the money. History really repeats itself.....a LOT when it comes to the USA and military preparedness! For example, 7 Dec 1941, the Army including guard and reserves was about 600,000. in late 1944 it was over 4,900,000. We were not ready then because of the bean counters. in may of 1950 it was at about 590,000 active but raised to over 1,200,000 before the Korea war ened with truce. Again money was the primary concern.
In the late 70's to the mid 80's we did not do much in the way of training becuase of money and for most soldiers even basic marksmanship was down graded. The old standard was to qualify with your personal weapon twice a year with quartly ranges just for practice to qualify once a year with a total of 50 rounds per man authorized for the entire year. Right now with us still in Astan training is pretty good. But wait until we pull out.....training will go to heck again. Seems special spending and social programs are much more important than defence when there is no war on. And the service member pays for it when the stuff hits the fan again. I loved serving and really enjoyed my tanks but I have little reguard for the politicians because of what they allow to happen to the military just so they can buy votes with tax dollars.
I don't think your son will suffer from serving one bit and may actually help him out in the long run.
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