The Defense Budget
Here are some thoughts on the amount of the Federal Budget alloted to defense. I have some thoughts on why it should be increased and will at the same time benefit our great country.
1). Safety - Our country has been rocked by terrorism in the recent past but since taking the war to the terrorist we have felt much safer at home. I have to believe that if the war were not taking place the insurgents we are fighting in Iraq and Afganistan would be at our doorstep assaulting us here. Lets keep it over there.
2). Training - This comes on two levels, skilled and management. Notice I did not say unskilled. When any branch of the Armed Forces recruits someone they are eventually trained for a skilled job. no longer do we have soldiers, sailors or airmen that do not have a skill when they leave, even after just 4 years. Even your basic "groundpounder" has learned the basics of security. College graduates are given the best possible management and leadership training available. As the old cliche goes the military gives alot more "bang for the buck" than the neighborhood trade school does. As an employer I woould much rather trust the skills the military has given than those of our local education systems.
3). Technology - The defense market has to be one of the most advanced in producing new technologies. Do we have guys setting around brainstorming and coming up with great ideas? Nope. But we do have guys trying to solve critical problems, thinking out of the box and then paying to have the technology produced. heck some of this technology is even produced by the University systems thus adding to their research status.
4). Alternatives - Think of the lifestyles many of the youth are introduced to and then think of the young soldiers, sailors and airmen you know. The latter learn a completly different lifestyle from their peers that is for the most part better. They learn respect, organization, attention to detail, good work habits, pride fitness, the list could go on and on. They are not hanging out getting high and collecting unemployment.
5). Experiance - This does not apply to the work experiance mentioned above, this has more to do with life experiances. Coming out of the military our young people have had to work together with individuals from different races, cultures and religions and have done it well. They have also seen what other countries are about first hand they have experianced other cultures and ways of life that the average youth in our country has not had the opportunity to do. For this they are wiser and better able to cope in a work place that for all intent is probably multinational.
As you can see investing in the defense budget gets more than soldiers to shoot at terrorist, its an investment in our youth and in the future of our country. If we were able to convince our youth to go into the military and not be on welfare the money that would be used to support them could be used to train them and make them more productive in society. I don't know the figures but I bet if someone looked the cost of a soldier is probably was less than the same person on social programs for a year.
Just the perspective from a Normal guy.
1). Safety - Our country has been rocked by terrorism in the recent past but since taking the war to the terrorist we have felt much safer at home. I have to believe that if the war were not taking place the insurgents we are fighting in Iraq and Afganistan would be at our doorstep assaulting us here. Lets keep it over there.
2). Training - This comes on two levels, skilled and management. Notice I did not say unskilled. When any branch of the Armed Forces recruits someone they are eventually trained for a skilled job. no longer do we have soldiers, sailors or airmen that do not have a skill when they leave, even after just 4 years. Even your basic "groundpounder" has learned the basics of security. College graduates are given the best possible management and leadership training available. As the old cliche goes the military gives alot more "bang for the buck" than the neighborhood trade school does. As an employer I woould much rather trust the skills the military has given than those of our local education systems.
3). Technology - The defense market has to be one of the most advanced in producing new technologies. Do we have guys setting around brainstorming and coming up with great ideas? Nope. But we do have guys trying to solve critical problems, thinking out of the box and then paying to have the technology produced. heck some of this technology is even produced by the University systems thus adding to their research status.
4). Alternatives - Think of the lifestyles many of the youth are introduced to and then think of the young soldiers, sailors and airmen you know. The latter learn a completly different lifestyle from their peers that is for the most part better. They learn respect, organization, attention to detail, good work habits, pride fitness, the list could go on and on. They are not hanging out getting high and collecting unemployment.
5). Experiance - This does not apply to the work experiance mentioned above, this has more to do with life experiances. Coming out of the military our young people have had to work together with individuals from different races, cultures and religions and have done it well. They have also seen what other countries are about first hand they have experianced other cultures and ways of life that the average youth in our country has not had the opportunity to do. For this they are wiser and better able to cope in a work place that for all intent is probably multinational.
As you can see investing in the defense budget gets more than soldiers to shoot at terrorist, its an investment in our youth and in the future of our country. If we were able to convince our youth to go into the military and not be on welfare the money that would be used to support them could be used to train them and make them more productive in society. I don't know the figures but I bet if someone looked the cost of a soldier is probably was less than the same person on social programs for a year.
Just the perspective from a Normal guy.
posted by Normal guy at 12:19 PM
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