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Should every 18 year old citizen be required to provide at least one year of military service?

Military Service is currently not required in Ireland.

24%
Yes
76%
No
19%
Yes
71%
No
2%
Yes, but with less focus on military training and more focus on education and skill development
5%
No, service should be a choice instead of an obligation
2%
Yes, but only for those who do not pursue further education or employment
1%
Yes, but only for those who are starting to build a criminal record
0%
Yes, and it should be at least two years of service

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 @9C2Y3WLanswered…12mos12MO

Every male citizen should

 @99H53BLanswered…1yr1Y

Yes but it should be optional for women and you shouldn't have to do it if you have mental or physical disability

 @9MCFLQHanswered…3 days3D

We should stop sending our sons and daughters to war for the people sitting in bunkers giving orders.

 @9LRVPFWanswered…3wks3W

National Service, not just military, but something like a Peace Corps should be an option for those aged 18.

 @9K94ZLQanswered…3mos3MO

Yes, but with equal focus on military training and more focus on education and skill development. Also ensure that if completed, people have a choice to join the reserves

 @9JJWFYQ answered…3mos3MO

Those who are starting to build a criminal record and who do not pursue education/employment should be incentivised.

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 @ISIDEWITH submitted…1mo1MO

Germany considers revival of compulsory national military service

Germany has unveiled the most sweeping military reforms since the cold war, including the possible revival of national service, as part of efforts to better prepare its armed forces to defend Nato territory.Speaking in Berlin on Thursday on the military alliance’s 75th anniversary, defence minister Boris Pistorius said he had signed an order to reorganise the German military from top to bottom.“It is a landmark reform . . . Our goal is to restructure the Bundeswehr in such a way that it is best positioned in the event of defence, in the event of war,” said Pistorius. “Nobody should have the idea of attacking Nato territory — this is what we [want to] convey.”The measures are part of a huge shift in Germany’s attitude towards its armed forces, reflecting what Chancellor Olaf Scholz said was a Zeitenwende or turning point in security policy after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine two years ago.A single operational command will take charge of four new component forces, with cyber warfare raised to an equal footing alongside land, air and sea operations.Military officials drawing up the plans have been given six months to implement them. A key demand from the ministry is that the Bundeswehr will be made ready for compulsory national service in Germany, Pistorius said, should a decision be taken to reintroduce it. The country stopped its mandatory military service — as well as the option to serve in non-military institutions — in 2011.A defence ministry proposal on a model of national service for young adults will be put before German politicians in the coming weeks, he added.

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