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zippythepinhead

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35. I was in the army during 1964 thru 1967

Fri Dec 16, 2016, 01:48 PM

Dec 2016

I got drafted but joined for three years and signed a contract to serve in germany, which kept me from being sent to vietnam.

The morale then was really bad because the draftees were mostly sent to vietnam.

I never met a rich draftee.

The favorite expression among the troops was "FTA" [fuck the army]

I am all in for the draft. It keeps us from becoming a banana republic and a military coup.

Nixon is the one who started the all volunteer army.

I was anti war while I was serving but wound up with an honorable discharge, spec5, pro pay and a good conduct medal.

My battery commander called me "hippy"

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Are we going to reinstate the draft? [View all] elehhhhna Dec 2016 OP

Yes, and it will include women this time greymattermom Dec 2016 #1

Better not unless they quickly pass the ERA. nt DURHAM D Dec 2016 #3

Supreme Court 14th amendment rulings have surpassed the ERA long ago. former9thward Dec 2016 #7

while the 14th Amendment at times has been interpreted to benefit women, it offers them no assurance LanternWaste Dec 2016 #18

Yup. n t Laffy Kat Dec 2016 #26

Enough political capital to reinstate a draft will also mean enough to include women without having Warren DeMontague Dec 2016 #61

You mean create a new one? "THE" ERA is long dead. Thor_MN Dec 2016 #69

Some argue otherwise. DURHAM D Dec 2016 #72

I agree, there should be equal rights for everyone, but it is your point that is off point. Thor_MN Dec 2016 #73

Mostly the same people who join now will sign up-- Those who Hoyt Dec 2016 #2

Spoken like a man who has fuck-all experience in the military. linuxman Dec 2016 #8

Way to shit on the armed forces. I know many who serve honorably and who are not xenophobes NightWatcher Dec 2016 #9

Thanks Jersey Devil Dec 2016 #15

Don't know about your son-in-law, but some of the vilest insults I've heard about Muslims Hoyt Dec 2016 #44

No. Military supported george war bush, polls show they support Trump, and Hoyt Dec 2016 #19

A surprisingly large amount enlist to get money for school. Calculating Dec 2016 #23

We need to change that. Killing for school ought not to be their only option. Hoyt Dec 2016 #28

That is a sad truth etherealtruth Dec 2016 #66

This message was self-deleted by its author Jake Stern Dec 2016 #31

The post you responded to is not in conflict with yours. Lil Missy Dec 2016 #33

I responded to a post calling troops racists and xenophobes NightWatcher Dec 2016 #56

My but you do go to great lengths to read SO MUCH more into comments Lil Missy Dec 2016 #68

You think THAT'S insulting? resistance2016 Dec 2016 #64

As a lifelong Democratic sarisataka Dec 2016 #67

Wow Calculating Dec 2016 #12

I can't begin to express my disgust at your besmirching my family and friends SQUEE Dec 2016 #16

The bar to enlist is not tough, don't kid yourself. I know several kids who Hoyt Dec 2016 #25

Flag on the play sarisataka Dec 2016 #34

Drugs and juvenile delinquency type stuff. I know darn well it happens. Hoyt Dec 2016 #37

take their problem kids and put them in military school. SQUEE Dec 2016 #43

Drug charges are the hardest convictions sarisataka Dec 2016 #49

Do you not get the Judge is giving the kid a choice -- go to trial and get convicted or join Hoyt Dec 2016 #57

And again SQUEE Dec 2016 #36

I took the test, my cat could have passed it too. Hoyt Dec 2016 #38

8 years ago is not recent. SQUEE Dec 2016 #41

Oh, the kid being told to join the military is like 5 years ago. Hoyt Dec 2016 #47

nice strawman. SQUEE Dec 2016 #50

So did you join up, or would you have, after bush invaded and killed thousands Hoyt Dec 2016 #53

I joined the Army under Poppy Bush SQUEE Dec 2016 #70

Daddy bush really wasn't that bad, but he shouldn't have killed quite so many Innocent Iraqis. Hoyt Dec 2016 #71

What a pathetic post, applying your usual broad brush attack against those in the military Lurks Often Dec 2016 #24

Another gunner promoting the MIC, not surprising. Hoyt Dec 2016 #39

Please reconsider this statement. HassleCat Dec 2016 #29

That's your prerogative. Are you in the category I described? If not, don't fret. Hoyt Dec 2016 #40

Yes, I am in the category. HassleCat Dec 2016 #46

That's obvious. My question was were you brought Hoyt Dec 2016 #48

Your initial post made a pretty sweeping generalization. HassleCat Dec 2016 #58

Are you denying SOME people join the military for guns, bombs, glory, and all that BS. Hoyt Dec 2016 #59

I was in from 1972 to 1978. HassleCat Dec 2016 #60

That's a commendable explanation. Navy was my preference too, well after the Coast Guard said I Hoyt Dec 2016 #63

Your autocorrect is seriously dorked. KamaAina Dec 2016 #52

The apparatus remains in place gratuitous Dec 2016 #4

The future is hopeless. deaniac21 Dec 2016 #5

Indeed Calculating Dec 2016 #11

Unlikely. Current warfare doesn't really involve the MineralMan Dec 2016 #6

Not so sure our military has outgrown the need for large numbers of warm bodies. Girard442 Dec 2016 #10

That's a good point, but the sheer number of people MineralMan Dec 2016 #20

I remember an interview years ago with a General or someone like that meadowlark5 Dec 2016 #32

IOW, the military doesn't want or need cannon fodder. DinahMoeHum Dec 2016 #45

my son turned 18 last Saturday 0rganism Dec 2016 #13

Your son is not going to be drafted Lurks Often Dec 2016 #27

and Donald Trump will definitely never be president, right? 0rganism Dec 2016 #30

Anybody who posted that Trump had a chance was ignored, mocked and alerted on. Lurks Often Dec 2016 #51

I think there are a lot of young, male fools out there who think Warpy Dec 2016 #14

Really? You think all who enlist are "fools" out for "glory"? (nt) Jersey Devil Dec 2016 #17

Hardly. I do think many of the ones looking for a fight under Twittler are Warpy Dec 2016 #21

Not this nonsense again Lurks Often Dec 2016 #22

I was in the army during 1964 thru 1967 zippythepinhead Dec 2016 #35

FYI zippythepinhead Dec 2016 #42

The US may have to. We are being cyber attacked by Russia, which is making moves on Europe... Hekate Dec 2016 #54

Maybe all of those sarisataka Dec 2016 #55

No. Warren DeMontague Dec 2016 #62

I hope so dumbcat Dec 2016 #65