It is undeniable that everyone can benefit from the army, including the younger ones, everyone can maintain useful perks, after they protected their motherland. Although, I strongly believe that those assets cannot be learned from usual activities, like participation in community work. Therefore, I contend that there are no activities that can stand as an alternative to the army.
Looking from an overall perspective, it is undoubteable that the army has its own unqiue style of teaching young people, that cannot be imitiated and taught by other activities. Firstly, the overall health of individuals will be at least one step ahead comparing to participants of community work due to their training methods. Secondly, they tend to be more resilient, and have well-shredded bodies. Additionally, young people, who served in the army, can easily surpass their peers, because of their mental health derived from challenging tasks.
Despite the fact that young people will develop significantly, albeit similiraly in in terms of intellect, everywhere they attend. However, the majority of served people tend to think wiser than those who attend in community works. Also, serving people, in most cases, outperfrom their counterparts in terms of decision-making.
Taking everything mentioned into account, it is apparent that there is no similar activity to army serving. Therefore, I think that it is more important for young generation to serve the army rather than participating in community work. Because of assets that can be obtained only by protecting the country, such as high physical attributes and overall physical and mental well-being. Also, they can see some advancements in their intellectual abilities.