1. Military Issues
James B. Campbell
Captain USN (retired)

2. So why do young men and women decided to join the military services?
Economic opportunities
Educational opportunities
Patriotism and Service to the Nation
Sense of travel and adventure
Discipline and maturation
Escape from personal situations

4. The Constitution and the Military
Commander in Chief: President of the United States
Congress assigned authority to declare war
Senate approves promotion of all officers
Certain limits on Constitutional Rights of Military members
Supremacy of civilian authority over the military dates back to
George Washington
Should military officers become involved in political affairs—should ex-generals run for President of the United States and advocate political stances ?

5. Societal Cost of Military Services

10. Demographics

11. “It’s just not fair that people that we ask to fight our wars are people who join the military because of economic conditions, because they have few options.” Representative Charles B. Rangel D-New York

12. New York Times March 30, 2003
Minorities overrepresented
Wealthy and underclass underrepresented
Officer ranks politically conservative
Northeastern region fading from ranks
Better educated than population in general
Warrior caste
Discussions of a new military draft

13. -National median income for all U.S. households: $41,994
Is the military service a “poor man’s/poor woman’s fight and a rich man’s war”?
-National median income for all U.S. households: $41,994
-Mean income for military recruits’ households: $41,141
Source: The Heritage Foundation: Dr. Tim Kane, PhD
“The Demographics of Military Enlistment After 911,
Executive Memorandum #987

14. -National high school level 18-24 years old: 75 percent
Is the military service a “poor man’s/poor woman’s fight and a rich man’s war”?
-National high school level years old: 75 percent
-Military highs school level years old: 98 percent
Source: The Heritage Foundation: Dr. Tim Kane, PhD
“The Demographics of Military Enlistment After 911,
Executive Memorandum #987

26. Competition Among Services
Cultural Differences
Should the military services all wear one uniform?
Does friction among the services allow healthy competition and better systems or harm the overall good of the nation?
Examples: Navy Missiles, Air Force aircraft, Marine Expeditionary systems, and Army M1A1 tanks

27. Ethics in Warfare Jus ad Bellum: (Legality in going to War)
Circumstances under which states can wage war
“the use of armed force by another State against the sovereignty, territorial integrity or political independence of another state”
Principles of right authority, right intention, reasonable hope, proportionality, and last resort
What about preemptive war?
What about ethnic cleansing and genocide?

28. Ethics in Warfare Qaeda-led group vows "jihad" over Pope's speech
Mon Sep 18, :04am ETDUBAI (Reuters) - An Iraqi militant group led by al Qaeda vowed a war against the "worshippers of the cross" in response to a recent speech by Pope Benedict on Islam that sparked anger across the Muslim world.
"We tell the worshipper of the cross (the Pope) that you and the West will be defeated, as is the case in Iraq, Afghanistan, Chechnya," said an Internet statement by the Mujahideen Shura Council, an umbrella group led by Iraq's branch of al Qaeda.
"We shall break the cross and spill the wine. ... God will (help) Muslims to conquer Rome. ... God enable us to slit their throats, and make their money and descendants the bounty of the mujahideen," said the statement.

29. Ethics in Warfare Jus in Bello: (justice in war and limiting war)
“the guidelines for fighting well once war has begun”
Discrimination and non-combatant immunity
Proportionality
Rights of Soldiers
Doctrine of Double effects: civilian causalities are justifiable so long as their deaths are not intended and accidental
Collateral Damage: destruction unavoidable incurred in the act of destroying a military target
Does morality exist in warfare and can one side do what ever is necessary to win?

30. Action in war is like movement in a resistant element.
FRICTION OF WAR
Force that makes the apparently easy, difficult
Action in war is like movement in a resistant element.
FOG OF WAR
The phrase fog of war was first used by Carl von Clausewitz in reference to how chaotic warfare can seem while one is immersed within it.