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<blockquote data-quote="SlickyBoy" data-source="post: 1292471" data-attributes="member: 8508">RE: Gun confiscation bill proposed in VirginiaThis is usually true, though at times (depending upon needs of the service) an enlisted guy can go to OCS with only an associates degree, so long as he completes his bachelors within X number of years. Won't matter much since by the time they get through OCS these days they're probably getting just as much PC training as they would have in the first semester of a four year college. Regardless, I wouldn't get my hopes up about patriotism being the number one motivator for most of them. An increasing percentage of the armed services - whether officer or enlisted - is in it for the benefits, particularly student loan repayment. So long as we have debt donkeys enslaved by student loan debt, there will be enough cannon fodder ready to participate in an ersatz draft. Given the small size of the conflicts and nature of most combat operations (small units, missile strikes &amp; drones fighting non-state actors), this approach can work - until it doesn't.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SlickyBoy, post: 1292471, member: 8508"] [b]RE: Gun confiscation bill proposed in Virginia[/b] This is usually true, though at times (depending upon needs of the service) an enlisted guy can go to OCS with only an associates degree, so long as he completes his bachelors within X number of years. Won't matter much since by the time they get through OCS these days they're probably getting just as much PC training as they would have in the first semester of a four year college. Regardless, I wouldn't get my hopes up about patriotism being the number one motivator for most of them. An increasing percentage of the armed services - whether officer or enlisted - is in it for the benefits, particularly student loan repayment. So long as we have debt donkeys enslaved by student loan debt, there will be enough cannon fodder ready to participate in an ersatz draft. Given the small size of the conflicts and nature of most combat operations (small units, missile strikes & drones fighting non-state actors), this approach can work - until it doesn't. [/QUOTE]

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