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Major Hogwash

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13. It's a fairly good discussion, but I don't think the draft will come back anytime soon.

Sat Jul 14, 2012, 05:06 PM

Jul 2012

I joined the Army on this day, July 14th, Bastille Day, in 1975 and several of the men that I served with were drafted in to the Army and opted to stay in after the Vietnam War was over.
Some of the men that had been drafted, and had become noncoms by then in some of the units I was in, were surprised that so many of us were RAs.
But, that was the way they changed the system in the mid-70s.
Since I served alongside both RAs and US Army soldiers, I have no problem with listening to their opinions about a draft.
But, I don't think it will ever come back.

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McChrystal: Time To Bring Back The Draft [View all] pinboy3niner Jul 2012 OP

I am not a vet JustAnotherGen Jul 2012 #1

I hear you, sister pinboy3niner Jul 2012 #2

Oh my! JustAnotherGen Jul 2012 #11

There is not much I could add to the discussion. You are speaking for me. Downwinder Jul 2012 #3

We wouldn't have had a single war since Vietnam if there'd been a lottery draft. Furthermore,... TrollBuster9090 Jul 2012 #4

You're both right and wrong pinboy3niner Jul 2012 #6

the war machine would love this newfie11 Jul 2012 #5

You got it pinboy3niner Jul 2012 #7

Rock and a hard place malthaussen Jul 2012 #8

In that long thread I found a handful or two of thoughtful posts HereSince1628 Jul 2012 #9

Hang in there a while, newbie pinboy3niner Jul 2012 #10

Nugs. HereSince1628 Jul 2012 #12

It's a fairly good discussion, but I don't think the draft will come back anytime soon. Major Hogwash Jul 2012 #13