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Women In the Draft.... No WAY!!!

bshole

bshole

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It's a meaningless gesture for something that we'll never use again. It is not how we will wage war anymore. There's no need to get your panties in a twist.
 
Strk said:
It's a meaningless gesture for something that we'll never use again. It is not how we will wage war anymore.
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It will be once the money is gone. And the money will be gone, because it is being given away at a breakneck pace.
 
When searching for government waste, it is difficult to come up with a program or agency more worthless than the Selective Service.
 
I registered with the selective service when I turned 18, Im now in my late 30s too old to be drafted. ::shrug:: Registering, and actually being drafted is 2 separate things.
 
Strk said:
It's a meaningless gesture for something that we'll never use again. It is not how we will wage war anymore. There's no need to get your panties in a twist.
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Meaningless does not mean not mandatory for those not taking it seriously.
https://www.sss.gov/Registration/Why-Register/Benefits-and-Penalties
STUDENT FINANCIAL AID

Men, born after December 31, 1959, who aren't registered with Selective Service won't qualify for federal student loans or grant programs. This includes Federal Pell Grants, Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (FSEOG), Direct Stafford Loans/Plus Loans, National Direct Student Loans, and College Work Study.
CITIZENSHIP

The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) makes registration with Selective Service a condition for U.S. citizenship if the man first arrived in the U.S. before his 26th birthday.
FEDERAL JOB TRAINING

The Workforce Investment Act (WIA) offers programs that can train young men seeking vocational employment or enhancing their career. This program is only open to those men who register with Selective Service. Only men born after December 31, 1959, are required to show proof of registration.
FEDERAL JOBS

A man must be registered to be eligible for jobs in the Executive Branch of the Federal Government and the U.S. Postal Service. Proof of registration is required only for men born after December 31, 1959.
Security clearance background investigations will verify whether or not men are in compliance with federal law; thus, men who are required to be registered with the Selective Service System will be verified of their Selective Service registration status for security clearances, as well as for some contractors.
Penalties for Failing to Register

Failing to register or comply with the Military Selective Service Act is a felony punishable by a fine of up to $250,000 or a prison term of up to five years, or a combination of both. Also, a person who knowingly counsels, aids, or abets another to fail to comply with the Act is subject to the same penalties.

If a man fails to register, or provides Selective Service with evidence that he is exempt from the registration requirement, after receiving Selective Service reminder and/or compliance mailings, his name is referred to the Department of Justice for possible investigation and prosecution for his failure to register as required by the Act. For clarification, if a man is exempt from registering with the Selective Service System, his name is not forwarded to the Department of Justice. The federal law stipulates that names are to be submitted to the Department of Justice annually.

The more immediate penalty is if a man fails to register before turning 26 years old, even if he is not tried or prosecuted, he may find that some doors are permanently closed.
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Either we do away with selective service or everyone has to sign up. Even if not infantry, there's always something the military can find for you to do regardless of genitalia. This is equality.
 
President Ford eliminated draft registration to save money but President Carter reinstated it during the Iran hostage crisis so a bunch of us never had to register.
 
I got drafted. But I still think drafting women is a tool of last resort, along with drafting under age teenagers.

Antiquated as they are, the moral and ethical traditions our nation are beholden to is in direct conflict with forcing women into battle as a draft would in fact do to them.

Maybe with the passage of time, those attitudes may change. But at the moment, I really don't think the idea of forcing our wives, daughters and precious loved ones into battle is going to go over too well.

Conditional drafts where women may choose their specialty sounds more palatable for now.
 
LPCTech said:
I registered with the selective service when I turned 18, Im now in my late 30s too old to be drafted. ::shrug:: Registering, and actually being drafted is 2 separate things.
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It wasn't really on my radar when I was 18... I registered when I went to sign up for the military and they told me I couldn't join the military if I hadn't registered for selective service.
 
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