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Americans recoil as conservatives announce their plans for mandatory military service of children
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c988jdxl02vo
The Conservatives have set out a plan to require 18-year-olds take part in a form of national service if the party wins the general election on 4 July.
Rishi Sunak said the scheme would promote a "shared sense of purpose among our young people and a renewed sense of pride in our country".
Labour has labelled the plan a "gimmick" and other parties have criticised the government for its record on cutting troop numbers.
However, there is still much we do not know about how it would work.
Here is the detail we have so far.
The proposed new scheme would not be conscription, where people are legally required to join the armed forces for a period.
But it would compel people by law to complete a community programme over a 12-month period, or enrol in a year-long military training scheme, when they turn 18.
The name is taken from the mandatory military training British men aged 17-21 had to undertake between 1949 and 1960.
Then, national service meant 18 months of military training and spending four years on a reserve list, meaning they could be called up to fight at short notice.
The scheme being proposed now would not force anyone to do military training, Home Secretary James Cleverly told the BBC.
It would be made up of two broad streams for 18-year-olds to choose from:
Community volunteering: Spending one weekend every month - which equates to 25 days over a 12-month period - volunteering with organisations such as the NHS, fire service, ambulance, search and rescue, and critical local infrastructure
Military training: Applying for one of up to 30,000 “selective” military placements reserved for teenagers deemed the “brightest and the best” in areas like logistics, cyber security, procurement or civil response operations over a year-long period
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c988jdxl02vo
The Conservatives have set out a plan to require 18-year-olds take part in a form of national service if the party wins the general election on 4 July.
Rishi Sunak said the scheme would promote a "shared sense of purpose among our young people and a renewed sense of pride in our country".
Labour has labelled the plan a "gimmick" and other parties have criticised the government for its record on cutting troop numbers.
However, there is still much we do not know about how it would work.
Here is the detail we have so far.
The proposed new scheme would not be conscription, where people are legally required to join the armed forces for a period.
But it would compel people by law to complete a community programme over a 12-month period, or enrol in a year-long military training scheme, when they turn 18.
The name is taken from the mandatory military training British men aged 17-21 had to undertake between 1949 and 1960.
Then, national service meant 18 months of military training and spending four years on a reserve list, meaning they could be called up to fight at short notice.
The scheme being proposed now would not force anyone to do military training, Home Secretary James Cleverly told the BBC.
It would be made up of two broad streams for 18-year-olds to choose from:
Community volunteering: Spending one weekend every month - which equates to 25 days over a 12-month period - volunteering with organisations such as the NHS, fire service, ambulance, search and rescue, and critical local infrastructure
Military training: Applying for one of up to 30,000 “selective” military placements reserved for teenagers deemed the “brightest and the best” in areas like logistics, cyber security, procurement or civil response operations over a year-long period
