A friend of my son, going nowhere, rubbishy jobs and boozing like hell, just finished his basic training in the Royal Navy.
He looks fantastic, stopped drinking, slimmer and fitter, and more important, happier.
So as a lifelong civilian myself, I want to ask all of the service men and those retired, "Would conscription be a positive thing?"
Given the drift of some of our youth, would it help them?
Thinking of the opening scenes of, "Full Metal Jacket."
AnnyFin //
Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket" shows us results of Conscription//
A fictional film about the American marines and bears no relation to our armed forces.