Mu 1915, mayi wina wotsutsa kuloŵetsa ana kunkhondo anakhala mutu wa nyimbo yatsopano ya ku America yakuti, “Sindinalele Mnyamata Wanga Kukhala Msilikali.” Ngakhale kuti mpirawo unatchuka kwambiri, si onse omwe ankaukonda. Theodore Roosevelt, mtsogoleri wankhondo wamkulu panthaŵiyo, anatsutsa kuti malo oyenera akazi oterowo anali “m’nyumba ya akazi—osati ku United States.”
Roosevelt angasangalale kumva kuti, zaka zana pambuyo pake, kukonzekeretsa ana kunkhondo kukupitirizabe mosalekeza.
Ndizo ndithudi zomwe zikuchitika masiku ano ku Russia, kumene magulu ambiri olipidwa ndi boma akupanga zomwe zimatchedwa “maphunziro ankhondo ndi kukonda dziko lako” kwa ana. Polandira anyamata ndi atsikana, makalabu amenewa amawaphunzitsa masewera ankhondo, omwe ena amagwiritsa ntchito zida zankhondo zolemera. Mwachitsanzo, m’tauni ina yaing’ono kunja kwa St. Petersburg, ana azaka zapakati pa zisanu mpaka 17 amathera madzulo kuphunzira kumenya ndi kugwiritsira ntchito zida zankhondo.
Izi zikuphatikizidwa ndi Voluntary Society of Cooperation ndi Gulu Lankhondo, Air Force, ndi Navy, yomwe imakonzekeretsa ophunzira aku sekondale aku Russia kulowa usilikali. Gululi likunena kuti, m'chaka chathachi chokha, adachita zochitika zankhondo za 6,500 zokonda dziko lawo ndipo adathandizira achinyamata opitilira 200,000 kuti atenge mayeso ovomerezeka a "Ready for Labor and Defense". Ndalama zomwe boma zimagwiritsa ntchito pa bajeti ya anthu ndizochuluka, ndipo zakula kwambiri m'zaka zaposachedwa.
"Maphunziro okonda dziko la Russia" amapindulanso ndi zochitika zankhondo zomwe zimachitika kawirikawiri. Mtsogoleri wa nthambi ya ku Moscow ya All-Russian Military History Movement ananena kuti magulu ochitira ziwonetsero zoterezi amathandiza anthu “kuzindikira kuti sangawononge moyo wawo wonse akuseŵera ndi Kinder Eggs kapena Pokemon.”
Zikuoneka kuti likugwirizana ndi maganizo amenewa, boma la Russia linatsegula malo ambiri asilikali theme park mu June 2015 ku Kubinka, ulendo wa ola limodzi kuchokera ku Moscow. Kaŵirikaŵiri amatchedwa "Disneyland yankhondo," Patriot Park inalengezedwa "chinthu chofunika kwambiri m'dongosolo lathu la ntchito yokonda dziko lathu ndi achinyamata" ndi Purezidenti Vladimir Putin. Atatsala pang'ono kutsegulira komanso kuthandizidwa ndi gulu lakwaya lankhondo, a Putin adabweretsanso uthenga wabwino woti zida zanyukiliya 40 zawonjezeredwa ku zida zanyukiliya ku Russia. Malinga ndi malipoti, Patriot Park, ikamalizidwa, idzawononga $ 365 miliyoni ndikukopa alendo okwana 100,000 patsiku.
Amene anapezekapo potsegulira pakiyo anapeza mizere ya akasinja, zonyamulira zida zankhondo, ndi zida zoulutsira mizinga zikuwonetsedwa, kuphatikiza kukwera kwa akasinja ndi kuwombera mfuti. kusuntha kwambiri. “Paki imeneyi ndi mphatso kwa nzika za ku Russia, zimene tsopano zikutha kuona mphamvu zonse za asilikali a Russia,” anatero Sergei Privalov, wansembe wa tchalitchi cha Orthodox ku Russia. "Ana ayenera kubwera kuno, kusewera ndi zida ndi kukwera pa akasinja ndikuwona luso lamakono lamakono." Alexander Zaldostanov, mtsogoleri wa Night Wolves, gulu lachiwawa loyendetsa njinga zamoto lomwe likukonzekera paki yofananayo, anati: "Tsopano tonsefe timamva kuti tili pafupi ndi asilikali" ndipo "chinthu chabwino." Kupatula apo, "ngati sitiphunzitsa ana athu ndiye kuti Amereka adzatichitira." Vladimir Kryuchkov, wowonetsa zida, adavomereza kuti zida zina zoponya mizinga zinali zolemetsa kwambiri kwa ana ang'onoang'ono. Koma adalimbikira kuti zida zazing'ono zophulitsa ma roketi zingakhale zabwino kwa iwo, ndikuwonjezera kuti: "Amuna onse amisinkhu yonse ndi oteteza dziko lawo ndipo ayenera kukhala okonzekera nkhondo."
Iwo alidi okonzeka ku United States. Mu 1916, Congress inakhazikitsa Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps.JROTC), zimene masiku ano zikuyenda bwino m’masukulu apamwamba a ku America pafupifupi 3,500 ndipo amalembetsa ana a ku America oposa theka la miliyoni. Maphunziro ena a usilikali amayendetsedwa ndi boma ngakhale amagwira ntchito Masukulu apakati aku US. Mu JROTC, ophunzira amaphunzitsidwa ndi akuluakulu a usilikali, amawerenga mabuku ovomerezeka a Pentagon, amavala yunifolomu ya usilikali, ndi kuchita ziwonetsero zankhondo. Magawo ena a JROTC amagwiritsanso ntchito mfuti zodziwikiratu zokhala ndi zida zamoyo. Ngakhale Pentagon imawononga ndalama zina za pulogalamuyi, zotsalazo zimatengedwa ndi masukulu omwe. "Pulogalamu yachitukuko cha achinyamata" iyi, monga Pentagon imatchulira, imalipira usilikali pamene ophunzira a JROTC afika msinkhu ndikulowa nawo usilikali-zochitika zomwe zimathandizidwa ndi mfundo yakuti olembera usilikali aku US nthawi zambiri amakhala m'makalasi.
Ngakhale ophunzira akusekondale satenga nawo gawo pazantchito za JROTC, olembera usilikali amapeza mosavuta. Chimodzi mwa zoperekedwa ndi Palibe Mwana Wotsalira Kumbuyo ya 2001 imafuna kuti masukulu a sekondale agawane mayina a ophunzira ndi zidziwitso zowalembera usilikali pokhapokha ngati ophunzira kapena makolo awo atuluka mu dongosololi. Kuphatikiza apo, asitikali aku US amagwiritsa ntchito ziwonetsero zam'manja―zodzaza ndi malo ochitira masewera, ma TV akulu akulu, ndi zoyeserera zida - kuti afikire ana kusukulu za sekondale ndi kwina. GI Johnny, chidole chofuka, chonyamulira atavala kutopa kwa Asitikali, wakhala akugunda kwambiri kwa ana ang'onoang'ono. Malinga ndi kunena kwa wolemba usilikali wina, “ana aang’onowo amakhala omasuka kwambiri ndi Johnny.”
Mu 2008, asitikali aku US, pozindikira kuti masewera ojambulira makanema okhala ndi masewera owombera anthu oyamba anali otchuka kwambiri kuposa malo awo olembetsera anthu m'ma ghetto amatauni, adakhazikitsa. Army Experience Center, malo ochitira masewera a kanema mumsika wa Franklin Mills kunja kwa Philadelphia. Kumeneku ana anadziloŵetsa m’nkhondo zotsogola kwambiri m’mabwalo apakompyuta ndi m’maholo aŵiri aakulu oyerekezera, mmene ankatha kukwera magalimoto a Humvee ndi ma helikoputala a Apache ndi kuwombera mafunde a “adani.” Panthawiyi, olemba usilikali adazungulira m'magulu achichepere, kuwalembera usilikali.
Ndipotu, masewera akanema atha kugwira ntchito yabwino yopangira usilikali kwa ana kuposa momwe amachitira olemba ntchito. Opangidwa nthawi zina mogwirizana ndi makampani akuluakulu a zida zankhondo, masewera achiwawa a kanema omwe ana amaseweredwa ndi ana amanyoza adani ndikupereka zifukwa zowawonongera. Sikuti amangolimbikitsa zankhanza zomwe a Wehrmacht angachitire kaduka - onani, mwachitsanzo, odziwika kwambiri a Tom Clancy's. Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter-koma ndi zothandiza kwambiri popotoza mfundo za ana.
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Lawrence Wittner (http://lawrenceswittner.com) ndi Pulofesa wa Mbiri yakale ku SUNY/Albany. Buku lake laposachedwa ndi buku lachipongwe lonena zamakampani akuyunivesite komanso kupanduka, Kodi Mukupitiliza Ku UAardvark?
