Conscription system from the perspective of former SDF personnel

The conscription system is a system that imposes military service on the people according to the Constitution and the law, and is a synonym for the volunteer system.

Of course, the Japanese Self-Defense Forces will be volunteers.

Article 18 of the Constitution in Japan

"No one is subject to any slavery detention, nor is he subject to unwilling punishment except in the case of criminal punishment."

That is, the conscription system is totally prohibited.

(Becoming a soldier = It's quite rude to the SDF when it comes to hard work ...)

For me, who has been in the Self-Defense Forces for a long time

"Isn't it normal for Japanese people to stand up to protect the country?"

I think, but it's probably far from the general idea ...

Speaking of trends, more and more countries are abolishing as the times progress.

Currently, the neighboring countries that have adopted the conscription system are China, Russia, North Korea, and South Korea. (All the countries around Japan ...)

Besides that,

Countries such as Israel, Ukraine, Cyprus, Switzerland, Austria, Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Lithuania, Brazil, Mexico, Colombia, Finland, Austria, Greece, Iran, Turkey, Thailand, Vietnam and Algeria We have adopted a system.

It's surprisingly many.

The merit of the conscription system is that you can have the same number of people.

While ship and aircraft assets are important in sea and airspace battles,

Head count is an important factor in land battles.

On the internet

(1) Modern weapons can only be used by trained people who require high technology.

(2) He said that when a person with low morale joins the unit, a negative effect will work.

The conscription system is said to have more disadvantages.

From the perspective of a former SDF officer, that's a strange idea. (Maybe it was created by people who don't like conscription ...)

Unless you are a pilot, you can basically handle the equipment of the Self-Defense Forces if you are educated for a year.

Morale may certainly be low, but that wouldn't be a reason.

This is because there are a certain number of SDF personnel with low morale among the 250,000 SDF personnel (from experience, there are quite a lot).

So from the perspective of land warfare, I think the advantages of securing numbers are far greater than the disadvantages.

On the other hand, the development of AI and unmanned aerial vehicles has been rapid in recent years, so if this is mass-produced, the conscription system may be a thing of the past.

But I think

What is most necessary is not a conscription system, but an awareness of national defense by each and every citizen.

Without this, it is meaningless no matter how hard the Self-Defense Forces physically do in modern warfare, where peacetime and emergencies are ambiguous.