Russia will veto Kosovo UN bid - Page 9

Sadistic-Savior · #81 (**permalink**) 04-06-2008, 07:36 AM

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So by you the US has more than 50 million troops(reserve and active)?

If we chose to conscript again, yes, we would.

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When i asked you about the army. I did not mean to question your opinion. I wanted to know do you know what army is.

Members of nation that are in the military with the purpose of engaging in land warfare. Conscripts would fit that definition.

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But they dont know anything about the real thing.

You mean like Iraq or Afghanistan?

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They never fired from rifle before or wore the uniform.

Not sure how it works in Russia, but in America all Conscripts are required to take several weeks of basic training before being deployed.

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...Basic_Training -

marko.t · #82 (**permalink**) 04-06-2008, 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Sadistic-Savior

.If we chose to conscript again, yes, we would.
Not sure how it works in Russia, but in America all Conscripts are required to take several weeks of basic training before being deployed.

- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...Basic_Training -

I meant americans on this forum not american soldiers.

marko.t · #83 (**permalink**) 04-06-2008, 08:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Sadistic-Savior

If we chose to conscript again, yes, we would.
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...Basic_Training -

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Originally Posted by marko.t

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Second: The drafted(Russian)soldiers already had military training. Witch means that US regrets would have lest time for training. That is not a problem with simple rifle infantry training, but the tactics. And off course the other services, such as artillery, tenks ,and others...Those would need more time for training.

Remember this?

Sadistic-Savior · #84 (**permalink**) 04-07-2008, 07:15 AM

Do you have a source for the number of drafted trained military they could muster?

marko.t · #85 (**permalink**) 04-07-2008, 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Sadistic-Savior

Do you have a source for the number of drafted trained military they could muster?

No i dont. But all the healthy people above 18 serve the army. They have around 130 million people ,witch lets say are half men. So 70 million, lets say 20 million kids, and 10 million over 60 years .Witch leaves 40 million

Sadistic-Savior · #86 (**permalink**) 04-07-2008, 09:21 AM

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No i dont. But all the healthy people above 18 serve the army.

Apparently not quite all:

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As of 2008, some 480,000 young men are brought into the Army via conscription in two call-ups each year. Liberal legislation allows about 90 percent of eligible young men to avoid conscription.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Militar...ssia#Personnel

To address your point then:

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They have around 130 million people ,witch lets say are half men. So 70 million, lets say 20 million kids, and 10 million over 60 years .Witch leaves 40 million

So if wikipedia is to be believed, that leaves 4 million.

marko.t · #87 (**permalink**) 04-07-2008, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Sadistic-Savior

Apparently not quite all:

To address your point then:

So if wikipedia is to be believed, that leaves 4 million.

Look again.
Availability males age 18-49: 35,247,049 (2005 est.)

Fit for service From 18-49=21,000,000 (2006 est.)[4]

Sadistic-Savior · #88 (**permalink**) 04-07-2008, 09:39 AM

Fit for service doesnt mean they are actually in the military. I could make the same argument for American civilians as well.

marko.t · #89 (**permalink**) 04-07-2008, 09:40 AM

USA-Army

Service Total Active Duty Personnel (Percent of Total) Percentage Female Enlisted Officers
Army 522,388 (37%) 14% 433,300 84,698
Marine Corps 186,209 (13%) 6.2% 166,674 19,535
Navy 336,214 (24%) 14.9% 280,565 51,265
Air Force 332,663 (23%) 20.1% 262,860 65,410
Coast Guard 41,738 (3%) 10.7% 31,286 7,835
Total 1,419,212 (100%) 14.9% 1,143,399 220,908

marko.t · #90 (**permalink**) 04-07-2008, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Sadistic-Savior

Fit for service doesnt mean they are actually in the military. I could make the same argument for American civilians as well.

You dont understand.Those pople alredy served in army.Some have don it in the 1980,some in 1969...They had military service.
It is the same in serbia.My father served in 1980.And so did the 90% of male population in serbia.

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