Military Source Analysis

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This source bridges the gap between military readiness and our budget to support our military. Political leadership during the last decade has underappreciated the military readiness and by adding more service members will not solve this problem but increase. Having mandatory military service will come with a cost that could hurt our military readiness.

This source provides some background on how our military has trained and its cost. With mandatory military service our training cost will need to increase to support all the new service members training materials and equipment. This cost would hurt training due to not being able to properly train on a budget with limited sources.

This source brings in religion and how it could affect service

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