How does the United States recruit soldiers?

The current military service system in the United States is a voluntary military service system, that is, the military recruits qualified young people to join the army voluntarily, and the military is also one of the largest employers in the United States at present. This system was announced by President Nixon in March 1973 after all American troops withdrew from Vietnam. This system not only emphasizes patriotism and promotes the effectiveness of national and American values, but also emphasizes attracting outstanding talents to join the army through higher welfare benefits and opportunities for further study in universities. Previously, the United States had implemented military service systems such as militia system, conscription system and conscription system. After nearly 30 years of improvement, the current all-volunteer military service system of the US military has basically matured. From the salary point of view, at present, a soldier who is a soldier 1 year earns almost $20,000 a year and enjoys free medical care and various insurances, while an officer earns more.

In addition, soldiers can get government-funded opportunities to go to college after they leave the army. 1944, the U.S. Congress passed the Bill of Rights of Soldiers in World War II, which stipulated that soldiers who had completed their service had the right to receive scholarships and enter universities for further study. So far, more than 20 million soldiers have benefited from it. According to the current policy of the US Army, soldiers who have served for two years can get a scholarship of $26,000 after retirement, while soldiers who have served for four years can get a scholarship of up to $50,000. It is no problem to finish an ordinary public university in the United States. This rule attracted many children from poor families to join the army. In addition, the US military has also set its sights on a large number of foreign immigrants. According to the regulations, all foreign immigrants with permanent resident status (that is, green cards) can be enlisted in the army as long as they meet the requirements, and they can become citizens after they have been in the army for a certain number of years. This provision is very attractive to foreign immigrants who have been deprived of their citizenship for many years. This also makes the US military an army with a high proportion of minority soldiers.

The current military service organizations in the United States are divided into two categories: one is the government military service registration system under the responsibility of the National Conscription Bureau; The other is the conscription system carried out by various services under the Ministry of National Defense. According to American law, American young men aged 18 must register with the conscription department and its military service committees all over the country. This military service registration system divides the United States into six regions: Northeast, South, Midwest, Southwest, Central and West. Each region has a regional bureau to manage the military service in several States, and its grassroots units are more than 2,000 military service committees all over the country. Conscription agencies are coordinated by the Ministry of National Defense and provide services respectively. The names of the recruitment agencies of various services are also different. The army is called the conscription headquarters, the air force and navy are called the military personnel center, and the marine corps is called the manpower and reserve department.

There are many kinds of conscription propaganda.

Every year in late May, new york holds "Fleet Week" to celebrate American soldiers who died for their country. During this year's "Fleet Week", in addition to the routine fleet parade and the life-saving performance of the Coast Guard, the reporter saw that all services seized this good opportunity and advertised for recruitment. The air force's recruitment leaflets vigorously promote the various skills courses and generous salaries and benefits provided by the air force, claiming that soldiers discharged from the air force will be "very competitive" in the job market, which is very attractive.

The us military has always paid attention to conscription propaganda. In the past 20 years, the annual recruitment and publicity funds have been more than 1 billion dollars. Its routine practice is: mailing nearly 20 million publicity materials to school-age youth every year; Free mail to more than 3 million high school students across the country, including "Introduction to Military Career" and other magazines; Carry out public welfare activities to enhance the image of soldiers in the public mind and so on. In recent years, the propaganda activities of the U.S. military have been completely new and varied. One of the tricks is to often engage in "military life experience" activities with TV stations, newspapers and websites. The lucky ones will have the opportunity to stay in the military camp for a few days, and even have the opportunity to learn to fly the F- 15 fighter. In the first half of this year, in order to attract young people, the famous American Military Academy at West Point specially designed a game software called "US Army". This game allows players to receive all kinds of basic military training online and fight in multiple virtual battlefields in order to complete various difficult tasks.

Interestingly, the survey shows that the more prosperous the American economy, the lower the civilian unemployment rate, and the fewer soldiers the army can recruit. Statistics show that every time the unemployment rate in the United States drops 1%, the army's conscription rate will decrease by about 9%. Compared with the average annual unemployment rate of 4% in the 1990s, the unemployment rate in the United States has now risen to around 6%. To some extent, this is not necessarily a bad thing for the military, because it means that more young people facing employment pressure may turn to military camps.

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