Posted on Oct 4, 2021
How did you tell your family and friends that you were joining the military & are there any conversations that stand out from that time?
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Sgt William Meiers
Thank you so much. Glad I could help and glad we could all share. The military family will always be strong.
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Uncle Sam told them for me... I just responded rather than going to Canada...
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I served with many draftees whom I felt sorry for because before getting their number called they had good productive lives, some where in school, one had started his civilian career. I had extreme respect for those because though they did not volunteer, when called up, they stepped up and gave it their best.
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TSgt (Join to see) - Oh I knew I was going to be drafted... That was the law & I follow the law... unlike 45... Mr. Bone Spurs. I actually had a plan to go in the Air Force after I received my Draft Notice. However, the Recruiter that agreed to it wasn't there when I went in. Actually, I don't think I would have liked 4 years of all the B.S. Thanks for your comment.
Oh... I was in Basic Training at Ft. Knox when the first lottery numbers were called... mine was around 245... & never would have been called up. I went in on the OLD draft laws of the time.
Oh... I was in Basic Training at Ft. Knox when the first lottery numbers were called... mine was around 245... & never would have been called up. I went in on the OLD draft laws of the time.
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I was/am flat footed. A recruited told me to curl my toes a little to enlist. Here's some interesting history/facts ignored by many.
He was 6 feet tall and had an athlete’s build. He played football in high school and was active in sports throughout college. He spent one summer as a lifeguard at a local pool.
But after he graduated college in the spring of 1968 and became eligible for the draft and —possibly — combat duty in Vietnam, he received a diagnosis that let him avoid military service.
No, not bone spurs. Asthma. And his name was Joe Biden.
Just a few months before President Donald Trump received his now-infamous diagnosis of “bone spurs in the heels,” former high school football star Biden got the same 1-Y draft deferment for “asthma as a teenager.” It was one of five deferments Biden received.
Old brother our time was a very confusing time. And now it is even crazier. What was a 1F deferment is now an admiral. Draft dodgers have become presidents. West Point Cadets are learning Adversity, Inclusivity, CRT ...etc instead of combat skills and tactics. Criminals are the victims and .................................. God Help Us
Salãmun Alaykum
He was 6 feet tall and had an athlete’s build. He played football in high school and was active in sports throughout college. He spent one summer as a lifeguard at a local pool.
But after he graduated college in the spring of 1968 and became eligible for the draft and —possibly — combat duty in Vietnam, he received a diagnosis that let him avoid military service.
No, not bone spurs. Asthma. And his name was Joe Biden.
Just a few months before President Donald Trump received his now-infamous diagnosis of “bone spurs in the heels,” former high school football star Biden got the same 1-Y draft deferment for “asthma as a teenager.” It was one of five deferments Biden received.
Old brother our time was a very confusing time. And now it is even crazier. What was a 1F deferment is now an admiral. Draft dodgers have become presidents. West Point Cadets are learning Adversity, Inclusivity, CRT ...etc instead of combat skills and tactics. Criminals are the victims and .................................. God Help Us
Salãmun Alaykum
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It wasn't a hard decision, my Dad was a WWII Navy Veteran and served during the Korean War also. I had also been a Cadet at a Military Academy as well as a civil Air Patrol Cadet. The draft was in full force and I thought I'd rather go into the Air Force than wait for that to happen. A that point in life I wasn't sure what I wanted to do and it seemed like a good option and I felt one I was prepared for and did quite well in all the Training from Basic right into all the training beyond that point. I'm glad I had the experience and what I learned served Me well in even later civilian careers. If I had to do it again I'd still go Air Force although My only regret is I didn't take the opportunity to enter a program to become a Commissioned Officer despite My Officer in Charge and Commander plus the Base Equal Opportunity Officer trying to get Me to do so and all telling Me I'm make a good officer. They all wanted to help Me do that. I still did fine but think I passed up an chance to do something that would actually have worked out pretty well.
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