Posted on Oct 10, 2014
Should women be required to register with the Selective Service upon turning 18?
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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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Everyone screams about equality these days. Women in combat MOSs, going to Ranger school and so on. Want to be looked at like a Soldier - not a female. SO - they can register just like the males do and it can be 100% even across the board.
We are already in an era where women are on the front lines. The Navy currently have female officers going through submarine training. The Marines have women who just passed the initial infantry training. Are the Army Rangers far behind? Or the Air Forces' Para-rescue Jumpers (PJ's)? Gone is the era where women are relegated to the ranks of Yeoman or medical technicians. We have female fighters, pilots and ship drivers. We have female Senior NCO's, and four star flag officers. Women are already doing what the men do. So it is either time to do away with the selective service altogether, or include women. Separate but equal is not equality.
AFAIK, there has never been a shortage of female volunteers when draft was in effect. I see no reason to draft them.
Equality is desired, by most. In countries which implement the draft, some require women to serve alongside men. Since women serve in the military and in the spirit of ensuring all things are and become more equal, I think registration for all is a proactive and positive move.
Honestly, I do not see the draft as being a possibility in the foreseeable future, but if it comes to pass. All for one and one for all.
Honestly, I do not see the draft as being a possibility in the foreseeable future, but if it comes to pass. All for one and one for all.
Yup, why? I've been hearing a lot about "equal opportunity." Okay, have equal opportunity and equal standards in everything. Draft... Military schooling... Ect...
Most MOS's are open to women, so the "combat" issue is all but non-exisistant now which was the reasoning before.
So why not?
So why not?
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