2379|NATIONAL DEFENSE AND THE PROFESSIONALISATION OF THE ARMY (IV)

— 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. — Assumptions that would justify the government ordering military action. — Opinion on the three values that must prevail in a military. — Opinion on the influence of the actions of the Armed Forces on the international prestige of a country. Influence in the Spanish case. — 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. — Assessment of the degree of readiness of the Spanish Armed Forces to defend Spain from an attack from another country. Comparison with the degree of preparation they had 5 years ago. — 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 suppression of compulsory military service and the creation of a professional army. — Means through which he has known the existence of said suppression and knowledge of the advertising campaign of the Ministry of Defense. — Agreement with different opinions on the professionalisation of the Army. — Degree of agreement with the increase of the Defense budget for the creation of a professional army. — 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. — 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. — Possession of a family member who is/has been a military. Degree of kinship with the interviewee 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. Reasons why you would consider being a professional soldier. — Degree of agreement that compulsory 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 been called yet, decision you will take at the time of being called in.