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Right, but it’s a citizen militia rather than a permanent professional army.
by mullingitover 9mo ago
Right, but it’s a citizen militia rather than a permanent professional army.
- qcnguy 9mo agoIt's a permanent professional army, where are you getting this stuff? Switzerland has an air force and everything. They also have a large trained citizen militia but it's supported by a backbone of a professional standing army.
- mullingitover 9mo ago> They also have a large trained citizen militia but it's supported by a backbone of a professional standing army. Less than 10% are full timers, the vast majority are conscripts and volunteers. Even officers generally aren't full timers[1]. All I'm saying is, there's a spectrum of 'Complete citizen militia, as envisioned by the framers of the US Constitution' all the way over to 'Standing army as it exists in the US today', and Switzerland is obviously much closer to the former than the latter. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_Armed_Forces#Personnel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_Armed_Forces#Personnel