But we're not utilizing this resource for civilian purposes. Not even slightly.
We should reinstate the draft. Not everybody has to fight, but everyone should serve their country. And, for example, perhaps a few years doing cyber defense for the Air Force will be seen as a more efficient pipeline into tech jobs than college or coding boot camps.
No, we should not.
Not even our own military wants to reinstate the draft. They prefer the quality of relatively few dedicated volunteers over a quantity of people who don't want to be there.
We have a word for it: conscription. Along with that comes a bunch of people making a bunch of money, little of which goes into my pocket. I'm going to pass on that generous offer, thanks.