TheissuesthatKoreanmilitary system hasin thepresentcanbesummarized
intofourcategories,which aretheprovision againstthedramaticdevelopmentof
science and technology,the decrease oftotalpopulation in Korea,the intrinsic
problems of the conscription system,the consciousness change of the Korean
soldiersoftheso-called new generation.In thisrespect,theKorean mobilization
system needs a new paradigm which includes military personnel’s responsibility
and speciality which lead to make military capacity effectively-utilized and to
deploy itsuitably in spaceand on time.From thisviewpoint,thispaperaimsto
analyze and discuss themerits and demerits ofthe conscription system and the
volunteer system in connection with the strategy ofnationalsecurity.For this
reason,this paperutilizes argumentation modelsuggested by S.E.Toulmin.As
the result,the conscription system which can be kept in near future willbe
graduallytransformedintothevolunteersystem.Inthemeantime,salariedmilitary
personnelsystem andco-conscriptionsystem shouldbeexpanded,whichcanmake
some by-products minimal.The transformation into the volunteer system can
dissolveyouth-unemploymentandequalization ofboth sexesandcanconsiderthe
future strategy ofnationalsecurity for the Unification.The transform into the
volunteer system needs some conditions such as the change ofrecognition of
defencepolicy,thefinancialsupporttomilitary services.However,itisnecessary
to make itpublic and discussed because itis a kind ofsolution againstfuture
nationalstrategy.