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The military doesn't rely heavily on skills developed by hobbyists. In the vast majority of cases, you learn to shoot a rifle or drive a tracked vehicle or weld

The military doesn't rely heavily on skills developed by hobbyists. In the vast majority of cases, you learn to shoot a rifle or drive a tracked vehicle or weld a nuclear reactor at the military's expense, after enlisting, even though you could have learnt those skills as a hobbyist. This isn't 15th century England where every man was required to keep a longbow and cricket was banned because it distracted from archery.

nradov 2y ago
The Civilian Marksmanship Program begs to differ. Congress specifically established that program because too many military recruits were showing up without knowing even the basics of safe and accurate shooting. https://www.usar.army.mil/News/News-Display/Article/1028255/army-reserve-civilian-marksmanship-program-championship/ https://www.usar.army.mil/News/News-Display/Article/1028255/...
- dmurray 2y ago
  ...in 1903.
  - fragmede 2y ago
    While the world has changed since 1903, the point remains that having a more educated population is desirable for a country to have.
fragmede 2y ago
Just because you can learn to fly a drone at 18 after enlisting doesn't mean you wouldn't have more skilled populace to draw from if kids started flying drones at 12, every high school had a drone racing team, and there was a competitive sport at the level of the Superbowl. It's not the 15th century, it's 2024. Even if you don't want to call it world war III just yet, there's hot conflict in two regions and cold conflict elsewhere.
- dayjaby 2y ago
  Conflict in two regions? You live in a dream world. More like 100: https://geneva-academy.ch/galleries/today-s-armed-conflicts https://geneva-academy.ch/galleries/today-s-armed-conflicts I'd recommend not to rely on media for the topic "war" but to educate yourself. Otherwise you end up quickly in a war yourself: > Naturally the common people don't want war . . . but after all it is the leaders of a country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or parliament or a communist dictatorship H. Göring

nradov 2y ago

The Civilian Marksmanship Program begs to differ. Congress specifically established that program because too many military recruits were showing up without knowing even the basics of safe and accurate shooting. https://www.usar.army.mil/News/News-Display/Article/1028255/army-reserve-civilian-marksmanship-program-championship/ https://www.usar.army.mil/News/News-Display/Article/1028255/...

dmurray 2y ago
...in 1903.
- fragmede 2y ago
  While the world has changed since 1903, the point remains that having a more educated population is desirable for a country to have.

fragmede 2y ago

Just because you can learn to fly a drone at 18 after enlisting doesn't mean you wouldn't have more skilled populace to draw from if kids started flying drones at 12, every high school had a drone racing team, and there was a competitive sport at the level of the Superbowl. It's not the 15th century, it's 2024. Even if you don't want to call it world war III just yet, there's hot conflict in two regions and cold conflict elsewhere.

dayjaby 2y ago
Conflict in two regions? You live in a dream world. More like 100: https://geneva-academy.ch/galleries/today-s-armed-conflicts https://geneva-academy.ch/galleries/today-s-armed-conflicts I'd recommend not to rely on media for the topic "war" but to educate yourself. Otherwise you end up quickly in a war yourself: > Naturally the common people don't want war . . . but after all it is the leaders of a country who determine policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship, or parliament or a communist dictatorship H. Göring