Draft women

[rod]

 

[Catatonic]

The military brass wants women to register for the draft

I did not realize that one had to register.

 

[Big Arrow Down...D]

He strikes me as more of an Air Force kind of guy. The navy has its tough jobs too.

I was thinking more along the lines of being out to sea with a boat load of men.

 

[rod]

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I did not realize that one had to register.

Google "do 18 year olds have to register for the draft"?------------Were you a draft dodger?

 

[rod]

I was thinking more along the lines of being out to sea with a boat load of men.

technically none of the branches would be safe

 

[Indecisi0n]

I was thinking more along the lines of being out to sea with a boat load of men.

No where to run to boys...

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

I did not realize that one had to register.

Yes. All men are required to register for Selective Service upon turning 18.

 

[sailfish]

When I was still in high school I attempted signing up for the Navy and going straight to BUD/S but with my piss poor vision I wasn't even eligible. A few years down the road I got with a recruiter and tried again with the Coast Guard but still wasn't eligible for the same reason. Makes me wonder if I'd even be eligible to draft in the first place.

 

[upschuck]

When I was still in high school I attempted signing up for the Navy and going straight to BUD/S but with my piss poor vision I wasn't even eligible. A few years down the road I got with a recruiter and tried again with the Coast Guard but still wasn't eligible for the same reason. Makes me wonder if I'd even be eligible to draft in the first place.

Yet you drive a CMV

 

[sailfish]

Yet you drive a CMV

Apparently my uncorrected vision doesn't matter for that, (as there's really no reason why it should.)

 

[upschuck]

Apparently my uncorrected vision doesn't matter for that, (as there's really no reason why it should.)

Military has to be uncorrected? Wonder how my brother got in.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

When I was still in high school I attempted signing up for the Navy and going straight to BUD/S but with my piss poor vision I wasn't even eligible. A few years down the road I got with a recruiter and tried again with the Coast Guard but still wasn't eligible for the same reason. Makes me wonder if I'd even be eligible to draft in the first place.

The standards are generally lower in a draft.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

Military has to be uncorrected? Wonder how my brother got in.

Unless this has changed since 1989 you must meet certain minimum corrected guidelines.

 

[sailfish]

Military has to be uncorrected? Wonder how my brother got in.

Correctable to 20/20 but uncorrectable is still eligible to a certain limit in each eye, which mine wasn't and astigmatism is too bad.

 

[upschuck]

Unless this has changed since 1989 you must meet certain minimum corrected guidelines.

My brother got in, in the early 80's, I'd say.

 

[upschuck]

Correctable to 20/20 but uncorrectable is still eligible to a certain limit in each eye, which mine wasn't and astigmatism is too bad.

That makes sense

 

[rod]

When I was still in high school I attempted signing up for the Navy and going straight to BUD/S but with my piss poor vision I wasn't even eligible. A few years down the road I got with a recruiter and tried again with the Coast Guard but still wasn't eligible for the same reason. Makes me wonder if I'd even be eligible to draft in the first place.

When I was drafted my eye doctor told me "don't worry----they weren't even drafting guys into WWII with your vision". Apparently the rules had changed for Vietnam because off I went.

 

[worldwide]

The More seamen the better.

"Women and seamen don't mix"

 

[Gear]

But they just can't have it both ways---either they can be totally equal or not. No one wants to see 18 year olds, male or female, drafted anymore but what's fair is fair.

Families can survive with a war damaged father, we know that. I dont think it would be the same way with a war damaged mother. Guys come back with mental problems, drink and work at the mill with other vets. While mothers are at home raising the family. What happens when moms come home damaged? I think we would have a generation of messed up kids. Kids need both parents, but mothers are more important.

 

[rod]

Families can survive with a war damaged father, we know that. I dont think it would be the same way with a war damaged mother. Guys come back with mental problems, drink and work at the mill with other vets. While mothers are at home raising the family. What happens when moms come home damaged? I think we would have a generation of messed up kids. Kids need both parents, but mothers are more important.

I wasn't arguing that women aren't important. Along with equal rights comes equal responsibilities.