Should women be required to register with the Selective Service upon turning 18?

Sgt. Wiley, the only part of what you said I agree with is the ones with medical issues, the other items you mentioned would open up a loop hole for a truck to drive through.

I thought the idea was to make equality the top priority not make exceptions to the rule

Exemptions have a purpose. Are you really going to draft a pregnant woman? Her husband/boyfriend would have likely gotten drafted anyways, so why in the world would we draft a pregnant woman who liekly has to go through it alone anyways. For single parents, not all of them have family or a solid support system. They might have friends that say they'll watch their kids "if" a, b, or c occured, but that's a lot of responsbility for someone to take on if the parent dies or becomes disabled. I have a friend in the navy who is a single mom with three girls, who is really going to take all three of her kids if something happens to her? The single parent exemption isn't for the parent's benefit, but for the kids. It is unreasonable in my opinion to potentially orphan children, when there are more then enough capable men and women that could fulfill this obligation. I'm talking about legitimate single parents, not sole custody parents.

Everyone who is drafted will have to go through a physical exam. At this point the doctors will weed out the sick lame and lazy and pregnant women.

Agree with registering; a more complicated disagree with drafting. Child-bearing is solely the role of females (Mother Nature is obviously not an advocate of equality in all things) and if we consider drafting females, we could be charting our own course with destiny of becoming an endangered species. Equality for this female means to not be restricted from doing what men can do, as it was in my day.

CW2 Pamela (Carpenter) Wolf, If we are not going to draft, then why go through the exercise of registering at all? My role model for this is the way Israel does service for its people, all serve in some capacity. All are trained and expected to be able to defend their country.

I know the USA will never buy into Universal Service, But as long as we have a Selective Service Registration, then everyone needs to face the same process and MAYBE, just maybe the same risk. Since we have proven that an All Volunteer Military does work, unless the bottom really drops out, I do not see the draft ever coming back.

In response to your question, the reason to even go through the exercise of registering is to create the list of eligible citizens (males and females alike) if it should ever come to a draft.

I personally feel that the decisions to be made about whom to draft will occur down the road at the point where circumstances would require a draft. This reiterates my opinion above: all targeted males and females should register, not all males and females would necessarily be drafted.

CW2 Pamela (Carpenter) Summers, the idea of the draft or registration of all eligible, would make our politicians think twice before getting us into another war that gains nothing for all. No Politician worth his or her salt would start a war that included all.

SSG Willis Baker What's wrong with not wanting to fight for your country? I personally don't understand that sentiment, but I say again that you shouldn't be forced to. Don't forget only about 3% of the nation actually took up arms against the British.

There wasn't a military back then and most of the men were not trained to fight. Now come back to the 21st century where we have the most trained Military in the world. And with your training, you know why. No matter why the government has us fighting, is't a matter of Duty, Honor, Country. You have a Duty to protect the people we leave behind. We serve Honorably while we protect our Country. With our Country, we have nothing.

Yes, I do because I took an oath that doesn't go away. For those who haven't taken an oath, there's no reason why they should be compelled to serve.

The draft was a part of this country since the 1770's until the 1970's, I strongly think the Volar was and is a tragic mistake! I think the draft would straighten our country! There should be no student exemptions, Certain critical skills should be allowed to defer their service until they are qualified. For example Doctors should be allowed to complete their training before being required to serve. Also if the military pays for their education they should have a longer service obligation. I am for the Switzerland form of universal service, there everyone is required to perform some form of service, many go into the military, others serve in community service organizations. It builds patriotism, and national pride! both of which are in short supply in this country!

I have worked with female medics, and only one did I trust, there is the rare exception. The article you posted sounds like countless acts that men in my unit did while deployed, the highest award being a BSM w/V. If that would've been a male, you would've never heard about it because it's expected. Out of 30+ females in my brigade, I would say maybe 4 could do what was required outside the wire.

Read this article, the 2 medics he was referring to were female, and it wasn't the only time it happened. I had to treat another medics casualties 10 minutes after their convoy was hit because he was having a breakdown in the back of the truck.

http://www.dodlive.mil/index.php/2013/09/army-medic-answers-call-saves-lives/

SGT Alicia Brenneis, I love your dedication. Let me say that you are a definite exception. But, here I have to say something I think we are missing in this discussion: Doesn't the fact that SPC Brown made the news tell us something?

It tells me her unit put in the paperwork for her to receive the award and no one denied it. Yes she did what men have done and gone un-recognized for. The fact that people are impressed that she did it as a woman is a problem. I am not saying there are not legitimate reasons women should not be placed in certain MOSs. I just highly disprove anyone saying that something as trivial as pushup inequality on an APFT will get her killed. I am not an exception. There are many women who can do what I did. I pulled one man from a truck that had just caught on fire. Everyone else got out on their own. Before I became a medic I had a medic named SPC Hill. She couldn't have weighed 110lbs soaking wet. She pulled the SPC Peopple from the driver seat told us what to do, then I watched her pull the gunner (SPC turner) out of a 4 foot ditch. SPC Hogancamp is 5'2 or 5'3. She could change a tire on a 5 ton using two bars as leverage. The tire was almost as tall as she was. We would sling cases of 50cal rounds into the back of those trucks. maybe the exception is that I have had the pleasure of working with some amazing female soldiers. I just figure if 9 out of the 12 females in my section could do these things that it must not be that uncommon across the military. Yes I do love what I do and I am very passionate about serving. I expect all soldiers to pull their weight regardless of gender. In the 10 years and two MOSs I have had in the military I have met amazing soldiers both male and female. I have also had to deal with that female who defines the very stereo type others fight to break, so I understand how negative opinions are formed.

I bet SPC Brown never played the gender card