A draft doesn't produce the people we need to satisfy our real manpower shortage. We need specialists to keep our jets flying.
One of the problems in the Navy is that tradition of being captain of the ship. And an awful lot of people can be retired in the Navy, get over it, get a life, and go on. But there's a lot who can't. And when they have to give up the ship, they got to be captain of something, every single day.
It's outrageous that many enlisted people qualify for food stamps because military salaries are so low.
