Posted on Oct 10, 2014
Should women be required to register with the Selective Service upon turning 18?
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Should women be required to register with the Selective Service upon turning 18?
Bonus: Why or why not?
Bonus: Why or why not?
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Women in the Military
Selective Service (the Draft)
Women in the Military Selective Service (the Draft)
Posted 11 y ago
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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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In an era where events unfold rapidly, what is the point of selective service as it currently exists? If people were ever called up, there would be mass confusion. Every citizen should go through some sort of program so that in the event of an emergency they, at a minimum, know what they are or are not supposed to do.
And I would go one further and say anyone seeking political office must have served at least 2 years. Though not to get off topic I think that if everyone had to serve 2yrs so in essence basic, a technical training and OJT. Then the nation as a whole would be a lot better off and we would see health problems dropping and crime going down, citys would be cleaner.. ect..
LCpl James Robertson
I agree, but how can we put this plan into action, Voter Ballot, Supreme Court, because Congress would never go for it, when they get into office, they never want to come out.
There's probably very few people on this site that has ever seen anyone drafted. I never served when there was a draft going on. Remember Desert Shield/Desert Storm? A lot of ROTC officers from the Reserves were ordered to active duty. That wasn't a draft. It was more like a mobilization than anything else. If the country did, then women should be subject to a draft just like men.
LCpl James Robertson
I registered for the draft, but volunteered for the Marine Corps, during the draft most American done things to avoid the draft, they did not want to serve in Vietnam. When they went to get physicals they ate Ivory soap, to cause heart palpitations, to flunk the physical. Had there draft cards re-classified to go to college. Some even left for Canada. Remember doing the Vietnam war, there were a lot of protestors, it were a different time in America.
If we are to truly be an equal society we should require everyone to register for selective service. If the military is going to open up combat arms to both genders, then the burden should be shared. I think it would make us even more cautious to reinstate a draft as no politician would take the stand that we need to reinstate a draft even if they're doing it to grandstand like Charlie Rangel did when he claimed the Republicans were going to bring back the draft and he ended up proposing a call for the draft during the Iraq War.
Yes, just for the sake of equality, but I honestly don't feel that anyone should be forced to register.
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