Should women be eligible for the next military draft?

CSM David Heidke - January 27, 1973 was when the draft ended for my military generation.

LCpl James Robertson - There already are female Generals Working at the Pentagon, and if you've been paying attention, there are women that have been trying to go through the Ranger School and successfully completing it. No one likes the idea of a draft but there comes the point of an issue of equality where women and men are to be considered on the same playing field. Washington has established that you can no longer separate Combat Arms as a male only MOS. Eventually you'll find more females will start to flex into combat arms, It's only a matter of time. To exclude them from the Selective Service Program if it still continues would be crazy as it is against everything that all the females have been working towards for decades of equality.
Remember: females and males are equal, so let's make it equal

1sgt. Billy greene, I never said there were no women generals at the pentagon, I said a women general should, meet with women draftees, and deciding for themselves , men do need to be deciding this issue .

We as women can not exclude and cherry pick which facet we want equality. If we meet the criteria and qualifications then we should be drafted.

MSG Alfred Aguilar - I for one completely agree with that. There should be no loopholes for anyone to get out of the draft due to social or economic status. I understand medical completely. As far as special situations those soldiers could be assigned to a support unit that will not see combat and still fill vital roles that are needed. There should be no excuse for any healthy adult over the age of 18 to be able to dodge a draft. Hopefully this Country learned a lot from the past. Equal rights can not be a convenience only thing . Equal rights needs to be 100% equal or you best throw out the term equal and come up with a new term.

SPC Kevin Schober - Hi Kevin, I am not in favor of a draft. I am simply indicating that if we do go back to a draft, it can not be the draft of the 60's. I joined the Army the year the draft was stopped, 1973. I saw the caliber of candidates back then.

MSG Alfred Aguilar - I agree . I would much rather see a force made up completely of soldiers that choose to be there. I would much rather have some one covering another soldiers back VS someone being forced to be there when they do not want to be. I do understand the need to have the ability to quickly draw upon the population if needed though. I hope it never comes to that again. But if it does the loopholes for avoiding it need to be closed up in order to make it fair.

OH, the draft will happen again, you can bet on that.