Posted on Oct 10, 2014
SFC Senior Human Resources Supervisor
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Should women be required to register with the Selective Service upon turning 18?

Bonus: Why or why not?
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SFC Fire Support Specialist
With the fight for equality in the military and the recent decision by the Army to open combat arms MOS's to women in the Army, being so much in the news and discussion, do you think that women of the required Selective Service age group should be made to register as their male counterparts are?
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SFC Senior Human Resources Nco (S1)
It shouldn't be gender base. It should be mandatory 4 yrs active duty for all Permanent Resident /US Citizens. Everyone that's able body should serve.
SSG (ret) William Martin
Here's an analogy: this is a cake shop, and we sell cakes, not just icing or just decorations; you will take the entire cake.
TSgt Kenneth Ellis
That's what happens when a group of polititions push for equality in everything. I don't know if woman have been limited in there promotions because they were restriction from combat duty. I could see why they would want these assignments to open up. But the majority of 18 year old women, I don't think they even realize that what has happend. That they will have to register for the draft.
SFC John Beatty
Never going to happen, but sure. The military will be disbanded first.
SFC Douglas Duckett
It is not just about filling in the ranks if the situation ever gets that bad. It is not just about equality of service. It is about men having their opportunities limited if they fail to register, while women do not. A young man who fails to register with Selective Service may be ineligible for opportunities that may be important to his future. He must register to be eligible for federal student financial aid, state-funded student financial aid in many states, most federal employment, some state employment, security clearance for contractors, job training under the Workforce Investment Act, and U.S. citizenship for immigrant men.

Female registration should have been initiated when the mandated male registration. It is only "fair" for the workforce.

If a man fails to register, or provides Selective Service with evidence that he is exempt from the registration requirement, after receiving Selective Service reminder and/or compliance mailings, his name is referred to the Department of Justice for possible investigation and prosecution for his failure to register as required by the Act. For clarification, if a man is exempt from registering with the Selective Service System, his name is not forwarded to the Department of Justice. The federal law stipulates that names are to be submitted to the Department of Justice annually.

https://www.sss.gov/Registration/Why-Register/Benefits-and-Penalties
SFC Richard Haugh
It is beyond time to change the rules to "All Americans" turning 18 are required to register with the Selective Service....
LTC Jason Mackay
Fair is Fair
CPT Multifunctional Logistician
I think all males and females should register.  I feel that children are losing alot of the structure in families due to two parent homes, and issues with dicipline in the home. i.e. punishing kids= go to jail; then blame the parents for not diciplining them.  I think when you turn 18 you should complete basic training and AIT with the option of staying in the military or going back to civilian life.  We need the ability to properly defend our country and teach the next generation how to maintain the standard. 
MSG John Wirts
I say yes, since the Feminists DEMAND "equality", forced Title 10 down the throat of the schools and youth sports organizations. YES! We also need to level the plying field in another couple of areas. When I was still in a drilling unit, our mobilization mission was to reopen Ft Ord as a basic training base, so our summer camps were spent assisting active duty basic training units. I heard from our drill sergeants, that some female basic trainees would conspire to set up an unpopular drill sergeant and have him caught having sex with a trainee. The sergeant would be busted and given a less then honorable discharge. I never heard of any trainee ever discharged for her misconduct. In civilian life one of my college professors was explaining the disparity of the law. If a man is standing naked in front of a window in his house, and a woman walks by and sees him and stares, who get charged with what crime? Answer the man is charged with lewd conduct and exhibitionism. If the situation is reversed and a naked woman is standing in her house front of her window, and a man walks by and sees her and stares, who is charged with what? the man is charged with being a peeping tom. Unless the charge falls on the exhibitionist regardless of sex, or the peeper regardless of sex., the law is discriminating by sex, the very thing the feminists say they oppose, and want to eradicate.
CPT Alan W.
Everyone should be required to register. I crossed a picket line in 1980 when they brought back Selective Service. I want to say it was middle of the summer, I had to go a week or two into it based on the year I was born (1961).

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