Seems you gotta use the term PMC nowadays since too many people have conflated the term "Mercenary" with foreign volunteers thanks to successful propaganda efforts.
It's why I am of the opinion that women's rights are likely going to become non existent in the future. The next womens rights movement will look back on the feminists of today with contempt.
Starting to look like the US military is going to end up being about as effective as Russias military. That said China is surrounded by a lot of countries who absolutely hate them and are not infested with woke bullshit.
I think its funny that the media keeps stressing he was a marine like that's suppose to mean he's some kind of hand to hand combat master or something. Marines on average get like what 2 days worth of training which is meaningless.
Yeah I suspected that was the actual reasoning myself. But honestly if the US ever needs to resort to a draft then I suspect the country is nearing a situation where nuclear war is all but inevitable.
They continued that after the conflict ended too and after the war it was more like an offer you couldn't refuse. Like join the military or get the book thrown at you.