由于许多士兵在越南反对他们的意愿,许多士兵都反对战争本身。在战争期间,这是对士兵士气的最大影响之一。战争开始时,在越南部署的士兵是历史上最好的。然而,当士兵们开始质疑真正的战争原因时,征兵制也发生了变化,同时也在国内和军队内部引发了许多冲突。由于军队内部的不满,士兵们把毒品当作一种精神上的解脱。在军队中,吸食海洛因和大麻是司空见惯的事,因为无聊、缺乏纪律和缺乏自尊;超过200人死于药物滥用。“碎片整理”是军队内部的另一个大问题。Fragging是谋杀你的指挥官的行为,42名士兵和15名海军陆战队员死于碎片。[5]许多越南士兵在战争中与自己的意愿作战,这是由于征兵。征兵制,或者是众所周知的“征兵”,迫使许多人参军入伍,在越南打仗。大多数贫穷的人被征召入伍,因此军队里有很多黑人,因为当时的非洲裔美国人没有机会学习或工作来逃避兵役。[6]这造成了军队和部队内部的许多种族矛盾。在越战期间,军队战术的无能也让许多士兵感到沮丧。
英国北约克论文代写:士兵和毒品
Due to the fact that lots of soldiers were in Vietnam against their will, many soldiers were against the war itself. This was one of the greatest influences on the soldiers’ morale, during the war. The soldiers deployed in Vietnam, in the beginning of the war, were among the best in history. However that changed as soldiers started to question the real reason to be fighting, the conscription also stirred many conflicts at home and inside the army. Due to discontent within the army, soldiers turned to drugs as a form of mental relief. The use of Heroin and Marijuana were common sight in an army suffering from boredom, lack of discipline and low self-esteem; more than 200 men died from drug abuse. ‘Fragging’ was another big issue within the army. Fragging is the act of murdering your commander, 42 soldiers and 15 marines died from fragging. [5] Many soldiers in Vietnam were fighting in the war against their own will, this was because of conscription. Conscription, or the ‘draft’ as it was known, forced many people to join the army, and fight in Vietnam. Mostly poor people were drafted, therefore there were many black people in the army, since at the time Africa-American population didn’t have the chance to study or work to avoid the draft.[6] This created many racial tensions within troops and units. The ineffectiveness of the army’s tactics also frustrated many soldiers during Vietnam.