if there was another military draft...

[brainhulk]

What assignment would you want?

 

[boochi]

Whatever would keep me in the rear with the gear.

 

[NutBucket]

Water Treatment.

 

[Broheim]

Water Treatment.

1171 water dog, doesn't get much more POG than that.

picked assault, I used to be an LMG gunner in the danish army so yeah.

 

[MontyAC]

Army Intelligence? An Oxymoron.

 

[jumpncrash]

I voted move to canada, but I'm already here, so what I really meant was hide in the basement

 

[88keys]

Commander in Chief.

 

[IronWing]

It's always the old to lead us to the war
It's always the young to fall

- Phil Ochs, I Ain't Marching Anymore

I'm old.

 

[mnewsham]

When I did the ASVAB they told me they wanted me for EOD.

That'd be fun I guess

 

[T_Yamamoto]

Chef.

 

[Leros]

I'm probably more useful as some sort of technical person than as a soldier.

 

[Scotteq]

I already served 7 years. Did my time - Plus - and can no longer be called. Draft, or not.

Can I Haz Yer Stuff?

 

[lozina]

I would be assault and I'd have my friend be support so I can spam grenades indefinitely.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

Nuclear Tech

 

[nageov3t]

probably a medic or engineer if I had to chose; I've got medical issues that would likely disqualify me from a draft (and certainly make me a bad soldier on the front lines as anything other than cannon fodder)

 

[mikegg]

I'd move to Canada. A life is too precious to throw away because some politician sitting in his nice chair wants others to go kill each other.

 

[Brigandier]

I'd move to Canada. A life is too precious to throw away because some politician sitting in his nice chair wants others to go each each other.

May I put that in my sig?

 

[ultimatebob]

When I did the ASVAB they told me they wanted me for EOD.

That'd be fun I guess

The Navy wanted me as a nuke tech on a sub based on my ASVAB scores... Scary, Eh?

 

[SlickSnake]

Medic or fireman. Of course.

 

[SlickSnake]

probably a medic or engineer if I had to chose; I've got medical issues that would likely disqualify me from a draft (and certainly make me a bad soldier on the front lines as anything other than cannon fodder)

Let's play doctor for some practice. We can start with the anal thermometers. You first, bend over!

 

[KaOTiK]

If video games have taught me anything, I want to be an engineer. They get all the cool toys and/or explosives

 

[SlickSnake]

What assignment would you want?

I would throw you in the Air Force completely naked against your will.

 

[unokitty]

Drew a low number in the first draft lottery. Shortly after that, I volunteered for the draft.

Without asking, got sent to the MP Academy where they prepped us for convoy escort work. Though, I never got to do that... Instead, I went to USARPAC Basic Sentry Dog School. Spent 15 Months and 28 Days working nights on a jungle perimeter walking a German Shepherd trained to kill everyone in the world except me ...

Don't recall anyone ever asking me what I wanted to do. Wouldn't have mattered, would have answered that I wanted to be a civilian. (Though, working with that dog was likely the finest thing that I have ever done...)


Wouldn't worry about the draft coming back. Army Times indicates that most young people are ineligible anyway...

The group, Mission: Readiness, will release a report that draws on Pentagon data showing that 75 percent of the nation's 17- to 24-year-olds are ineligible for service for a variety of reasons.

Put another way, only 4.7 million of the 31.2 million 17- to 24-year-olds in a 2007 survey are eligible to enlist, according to a periodic survey commissioned by the Pentagon. This group includes those who have scored in the top four categories on the Armed Forces Qualification Test, or AQFT; eligible college graduates; and qualified college students.

According to the Pentagon, the ineligible population breaks down this way:
*Medical/physical problems, 35 percent.
*Illegal drug use, 18 percent.
*Mental Category V (the lowest 10 percent of the population), 9 percent.
*Too many dependents under age 18, 6 percent.
*Criminal record, 5 percent.

Uno

 

[Pocatello]

What if there is a draft in both the U.S and Canada, it had happened before. Learn to speak Spanish?

 

[Ruptga]

I would look into volunteering before being drafted, see if I can get an engineering or technical position. Otherwise I'd go straight to Canada.

As someone above tried to say, I'm not willing to be a grunt and die over some politician's ambitions. On the other hand, if they will train me and give me four years of experience in a job I want, why the hell not? Sure, military life is often difficult, but there are far worse things a person could do for four years (even counting the extra four years in the reserves). In fact, I'm in the process of applying to the Air Force right now.