2317|NATIONAL DEFENSE AND THE PROFESSIONALISATION OF THE ARMY (III)

— 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 for it’ — 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 you follow the news, and often with which you talk to people close, about the Armed Forces — Personal valuation of the Spanish Armed Forces — Evaluation of the current preparation of the Spanish Armed Forces: vocational training and volume of human and material resources — Evaluation of the Defense Budget — Best army type for Spain — Knowledge of the suppression of compulsory military service and creation of a professional army. Means through which you have known such suppression — Knowledge of the advertising campaign of the Ministry of Defence regarding the suppression of compulsory military service — Agreement with different opinions on the professionalisation of the Army — Degree of agreement that a greater amount of money is dedicated from the Defense Budgets, for the creation of a professional army — Opinion on the participation of women in combat positions in the future professional army. Attitude of young people to such incorporation: desirability on the part of women and acceptance by men — Existence of countries and hotspots of conflict that may pose a risk to the security of Spain — Assessment, as international events have developed in recent years, of Spain’s accession to NATO — Degree of agreement with full Spanish participation in NATO structure — Assessment of Spain’s full participation in NATO command 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 such 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 — Possession of a family member who is/has been a military. Degree of kinship with the interviewee TO YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 16 TO 24: — Most 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 professional soldier. Main reasons why it would be considered to be a professional soldier and type of commitment, temporary or long term, that would arise — Degree of agreement that voluntary military service had to be done to access the Civil Guard or other State Security Corps — Knowledge of any person in their environment who is considering becoming a professional soldier 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 yet been called, decision you will take at the time of being called to the ranks.