2234|NATIONAL DEFENSE AND THE PROFESSIONALISATION OF THE ARMY (I)

— Valuation scale of different professions. — Feeling of pride of being Spanish. — Feeling produced by the Spanish flag, the national anthem and the Castro acts. — Situations, ideas and beliefs for which you would be willing to risk your life. — Willingness to participate voluntarily in the defense of the country in case of military attack. — According to the phrase ‘The defense of the nation affects all citizens and we must all prepare to carry it out’. — Assumptions that would justify the government ordering military action. — Opinion on the three values that must prevail in a military. — Opinion on the future role of armies. — Opinion on the influence of the actions of the Armed Forces on the international prestige of a country. Influence in the Spanish case. — Scale of sympathy towards different institutions and social groups. — Degree of interest with which he follows the news, and often with which he talks with people close to him, about the Armed Forces. — Personal valuation of the Spanish Armed Forces. — Evaluation of the current preparation of the Spanish Armed Forces: professional training and volume of human and material resources. — Evaluation of the Defense Budget. — Type of army best for Spain. — Knowledge of the project to abolish compulsory military service. — Agreement with different opinions on the professionalisation of the Army. — Degree of agreement with the creation of a professional army if it involves an increase in the Defense budget. — Opinion on the participation of women in combat positions in a professional army. Attitude of young people to such incorporation: desirability on the part of the woman and acceptance by the man. — Existence of countries and hotspots of conflict that may pose a risk to the security of Spain. — Assessment of Spain’s entry into NATO. — Degree of agreement with full Spanish participation in the new NATO structure. — Opinion on the internationalisation of the Spanish Armed Forces. — Agreement with the participation of Spain in peace missions under the mandate of the UN. Influence of this participation in the assessment of the interviewee of the Armed Forces. — Scale of political ideology of the interviewee. — Vote recall in March 1996 general elections. TO YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 16 TO 24: — More important motivation to choose the military profession. — Degree of importance that the interviewee attaches to different stimuli to promote the military vocation in young people. — Opinion on the influence of different reasons on the decision to become a professional soldier. — Possibility of considering being a soldier in case of professionalisation of the army. OVER 24 YEARS OF AGE: — Attitude to the assumption that a son decided to become a professional soldier. Reason for this attitude. TO MEN: — Current situation with respect to military service. In case you are now enjoying extension or have not been called yet, decision you will take at the time of being called in.