They are easy to control and many times they are drugged to make them do things that they may not want to do. Sometimes they are sold into the slavery by the parents to the army. The children are also considered expendable and in third world countries life is not valued as highly as it is in first world countries. Many children are also homeless and easy to "pick up" without any one caring, thus, they become soldiers.
Most countries use men for soldiers unless they are short. Then they will use older children for war.
The Roman soldiers built the stone-paved road, which had a military purpose, other roads which had a military utility, fortifications and garrisons when they were not campaigning. Since they were professional soldiers, when they were not campaigning their spent their time drilling and training and in construction work needed by the military.
In the 1840s, there were two standard military hats: the shako and the kepi. They're okay for parade ground wear but horrible for regular use, so soldiers started wearing civilian hats. The campaign hat as we know it came about when soldiers started pinching the crown of the hat into a peak so the water would run off.
because it would kill his soldiers too
It's known as the "Uniform Code of Military Justice" (UCMJ) and is administered by the Army (or Navy, or Air Force).
A Military History magazine has a lot of information from what the soldiers would wear to the strategies and the weapons that they would use in any war.
during the spartan ages when children as young as 6 were sent to military training camps where they became warriors
Jerry Jerry was the British term. US soldiers called them Krauts or Nazis.
Gen. Patton
Thet didn't have enough adults
Most countries use men for soldiers unless they are short. Then they will use older children for war.
Child soldiers are cheap to train and easy to control. If a leader can get past the moral and media issues, children make ideal soldiers.
Military operations are incorporating the use of Xbox controllers to control drones and other unmanned vehicles, as they are user-friendly and familiar to many soldiers.
The confederacy would not use slaves as soldiers because they were afraid they would defect to the north. So they were made to dig trenches and the like during the war.
I think so, because the harshness trains the soldiers.
When entering the military, you would have to use your legal, birth name.
The Roman soldiers built the stone-paved road, which had a military purpose, other roads which had a military utility, fortifications and garrisons when they were not campaigning. Since they were professional soldiers, when they were not campaigning their spent their time drilling and training and in construction work needed by the military.