On 8/7/2012 7:58 AM, HeyBub wrote:
The Daring Dufas wrote:

Some years ago I came up with an idea for NDC, National Disaster
Corps. Young people who didn't care for the military could join The
NDC and get the same sort of benefits for serving the country armed
not with a gun but a shovel and a hard hat. Like The Peace Corps but
with heavy equipment. The corps could be organized like the military
and even work with the military for transportation and basing. Heck,
there are empty bases all over the place they could work out of. I
would imagine that The NDC would be more welcome in certain parts of
the world than the military in times of disaster. ^_^


It's extremely likely that those who shun the military would also be adverse
to hard work, so your idea - a good one in theory - would wither from lack
of participation.


A lot of people young and old joined The Peace Corps because they wanted
to help their fellow man not kill him and blow things up.
We have an incredible military maned by some of the finest folks
you would ever want to meet but their mission is to kill the enemy
if necessary. There are people who want to serve their country in
some capacity but don't care for death and destruction but have a
moral compass that steers in another direction. There are also those
like me who tried to join the military but were disqualified on medical
grounds. Because someone is a conscientious objector doesn't mean
they're a lazy slacker. I do believe a lot of military medics became
medics because of their religious beliefs and I doubt if any of them
were lazy cowards. ^_^

TDD