Ngo-1915, umbhikisho kamama ophikisana nokufaka izingane empini waba yingqikithi yeculo elisha laseMelika, “Angimkhulisanga Umfana Wami Ukuze Abe Isosha.” Nakuba i-ballad ithole ukuthandwa okukhulu, akuwona wonke umuntu owayithanda. UTheodore Roosevelt, isazi sezempi esasihamba phambili ngaleso sikhathi, waphendula ngokuthi indawo efanele yabesifazane abanjalo “yayisendlini yabesifazane—hhayi e-United States.”
Roosevelt angakujabulela ukuzwa ukuthi, ngemva kwekhulu leminyaka, ukulungiselela izingane impi kuyaqhubeka ngaphandle kokuphazanyiswa.
Kunjalo impela icala eRussia yanamuhla, lapho izinkulungwane zamakilabhu axhaswa uhulumeni zenza lokho okubizwa ngokuthi “imfundo yezempi yokushisekela izwe” yezingane. Njengoba amukela abafana namantombazane, la makilabhu afundisa izivivinyo zezempi, ezinye zazo esebenzisa izikhali zempi ezinzima. Ngokwesibonelo, edolobheni elincane elingaphandle kwaseSt. Petersburg, izingane ezisukela eminyakeni emihlanu kuya kwengu-17 zichitha isikhathi sakusihlwa zifunda ukulwa nokusebenzisa izikhali zempi.
Le mizamo yenezelwa yi-Voluntary Society of Cooperation ne-Army, Air Force, kanye ne-Navy, elungiselela abafundi basesikoleni esiphakeme saseRussia ukuthi baye empini. Lo mphakathi uthi, onyakeni odlule kuphela, uye wabamba imicimbi yezempi ye-6,500 yokushisekela izwe futhi waqondisa abantu abasha abangaphezu kuka-200,000 ukuthi bathathe ukuhlolwa okusemthethweni kwe-“Ready for Labor and Defense”. Uxhaso lukahulumeni lwesabelomali somphakathi luningi, futhi lukhule ngendlela emangalisayo kule minyaka edlule.
“Imfundo yokushisekela izwe” yaseRussia nayo iyazuza emifanekisweni evamile yezempi. Umphathi wegatsha laseMoscow le-All-Russian Military History Movement waphawula ukuthi amaqembu enza imiboniso enjalo asiza abantu “baqaphele ukuthi abanakuchitha ukuphila kwabo konke bedlala nge-Kinder Eggs noma i-Pokemon.”
Ngokusobala enalowo mbono, uhulumeni waseRussia wavula indawo enkulu ipaki yetimu yezempi ngo-June 2015 e-Kubinka, ihora elilodwa ngemoto usuka eMoscow. Evame ukubizwa ngokuthi "i-Disneyland yezempi," i-Patriot Park yamenyezelwa "isici esibalulekile ohlelweni lwethu lomsebenzi wezempi-wokushisekela izwe nabantu abasha" nguMongameli uVladimir Putin. Esezovula futhi esekelwa ikhwaya yamasosha, uPutin waletha nezindaba ezinhle zokuthi kunemicibisholo ejikijelwayo engama-40 ephuma phakathi kwezwekazi enqolobaneni yezikhali zenuzi yaseRussia. Ngokuvumelana ne imibiko yezindaba, iPatriot Park, lapho isiqediwe, izobiza amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-365 futhi ihehe izivakashi ezifika ku-100,000 ngosuku.
Ababehambele ukuvulwa kwaleli paki bathole imigqa yamathangi, izimoto ezithwala izikhali, nezinhlelo zokuqhumisa imicibisholo embukisweni, kanye nokugibela amathange nokudutshulwa kwezibhamu. kushukumisa kakhulu. “Leli paki liyisipho sezakhamuzi zaseRussia, manje esezikwazi ukubona amandla aphelele amabutho ahlomile aseRussia,” kusho uSergei Privalov, umpristi wobu-Orthodox baseRussia. “Abantwana kufanele beze lapha, badlale ngezikhali bagibele emathangeni babone bonke ubuchwepheshe besimanje.” U-Alexander Zaldostanov, umholi we-Night Wolves, iqembu labagibeli bamabhayisikili abanobudlova elihlela ipaki elifanayo, waphawula: “Manje sonke sizizwa sisondelene nebutho” futhi lokho “kuyinto enhle.” Phela, “uma singazifundisi izingane zethu iMelika izosenzela yona.” UVladimir Kryuchkov, umbonisi wezikhali, uvumile ukuthi ezinye iziqhumane ezicitshwayo zazisinda kakhulu ezinganeni ezincane kakhulu. Kodwa wagcizelela ukuthi iziqhumane ezincane eziqhunyiswa ngamarokhethi zingabafanelekela, wenezela: “Bonke abesilisa bayo yonke iminyaka bangabavikeli bezwe labo futhi kumelwe balungele impi.”
Impela sebelungile e-United States. Ngo-1916, iCongress yasungula i-Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps.JROTC), namuhla echumayo ezikoleni eziphakeme zaseMelika ezingaba ngu-3,500 XNUMX futhi ebhalisa izingane zaseMelika ezingaphezu kwengxenye yesigidi. Ezinye izinhlelo zokuqeqesha ezempi eziphethwe nguhulumeni zisebenza ngisho naphakathi Izikole zase-US Middle. Ku- JROTC, abafundi bafundiswa izikhulu zezempi, bafunde izincwadi ezigunyazwe yiPentagon, bagqoke iyunifomu yezempi, futhi baqhube imibukiso yezempi. Amanye amayunithi e-JROTC aze asebenzise izibhamu ezizenzakalelayo ezinezinhlamvu ezibukhoma. Yize iPentagon ihlanganisa ezinye zezindleko zalolu hlelo olubizayo, ezinye zazo zithwalwa yizikole ngokwazo. Lolu "hlelo lokuthuthukisa intsha," njengoba i-Pentagon ilubiza kanjalo, lukhokhela amasosha lapho abafundi be-JROTC bekhula futhi bejoyina amabutho ahlomile-isenzo esiqhutshwa ukuthi abaqashi bezempi base-US bavame ukungena emakilasini.
Ngisho noma abafundi besikole samabanga aphezulu bengahlanganyeli emisebenzini ye-JROTC, abaqashi bezempi banokufinyelela kalula kubo. Enye yezinhlinzeko ze Ayikho Ingane Eshiywe Ngemuva ka-2001 idinga ukuthi izikole zamabanga aphezulu zabelane ngamagama abafundi kanye nolwazi lokuxhumana nabaqasha bezempi ngaphandle kwalapho abafundi noma abazali babo bephuma kulolu hlelo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, amasosha ase-US asebenzisa imibukiso yeselula―igcwele iziteshi zemidlalo, amasethi amakhulu kamabonakude wesikrini esiyisicaba, nezilingisi zezikhali―ukufinyelela izingane ezikoleni zamabanga aphezulu nakwezinye izindawo. U-GI Johnny, unodoli ophefumulayo, ohlabayo ogqoke ukukhathala kwamasosha, uye waba nethonya elihle ezinganeni ezincane. Ngokomunye owabuthelwa empini, “izingane ezincane zikhululekile uma zinoJohnny.”
Ngo-2008, amasosha ase-US, ebona ukuthi ama-video adlalwa ezitolo anemidlalo yokudubula umuntu wokuqala ayedume kakhulu kunezikhungo zawo ezibucayi zokuqasha ezindaweni zasemadolobheni, asungula Army Experience Centre, indawo yokudlala yevidiyo enkulukazi enxanxatheleni yezitolo iFranklin Mills ngaphandle nje kwasePhiladelphia. Lapha izingane zazicwile ezimpini zobuchwepheshe ezikhungweni zamakhompiyutha nasemahholo amabili amakhulu okulingisa, lapho zazikwazi ukugibela izimoto zakwaHumvee nezindiza ezinophephela emhlane ze-Apache futhi zidubule amagagasi “ezitha.” Phakathi naleso sikhathi, abaqaphi bezempi bazungeza izixuku zentsha, bezibhalisela amabutho ahlomile.
Empeleni, amageyimu evidiyo ingase yenze umsebenzi ongcono wokuqinisa izingane kunabantu ababuthayo. Idalwe ngezinye izikhathi ngokubambisana nosonkontileka abakhulu bezikhali, imidlalo yevidiyo enodlame edlalwa izingane ilulaza izimbangi futhi inikeza izizathu “zokumosha” kwabo. Abakhuthazi nje kuphela izinga lobudlova obunonya i-Wehrmacht engase ibe nomona ngayo―bona, ngokwesibonelo, uTom Clancy odume kakhulu. I-Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter- kodwa ngempumelelo kakhulu ekusontekeni izindinganiso zezingane.
Kuyoze kube nini sikhulisa izingane zethu zibe amasosha?
ULawrence Wittner (http://lawrenceswittner.com) unguSolwazi Womlando ophumayo e-SUNY/Albany. Incwadi yakhe yakamuva iyinoveli ehlekisayo emayelana nokuhlangana kwenyuvesi kanye nokuvukela umbuso, Yini eqhubekayo ku-UAardvark?
