Some of the nicest people I have ever met were the soldiers who i met at the barracks in Victoria London. Nothing was to much effort, polite and always smiling and joking.
From officers to squadies and like you say they never complain about the poor condtions in the barracks and are so proud of their jobs even though especially the squadies are on very low wages
Id go for National service for all and id make sure its not just those at 16 or 18 any that missed from when they stopped it in the 50's would have to do. Would affect me but think it would be a good experince so why not
