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

I think you are right. There will always be people who dont think women should serve or do "manly" jobs. If they want to do the job and can do the job let them. Some may do it better with more care. Just my opinion!!

Agreeing with you hurts, but I concur completely!!

What waste? having draftees was necessary, and would still be beneficial. Speaking of waste! When I first joined ALL SERVICES HAD THE SAME "FATIGUE OR COMBAT UNIFORM" This changed to the universal Woodland camouflage (BDU) uniform! Then the services separately got into a macho pissing match over developing distinctive copyrighted camouflage patterns and colors for each service. Talk about waste! Five service committees each working to produce a distinctive "combat uniform"! One joint service committee working to develop a single combat uniform would save enormous amounts of money. When the Army changed over from the M-1 , BAR, M-1/2 carbine, M-3, Thompson Sub-MG,M-1918 MG, and the 1911 45 pistol, To the -14, M60, M-1911 45 pistol. The logistics were greatly simplified. The cost savings were enormous. If the military could forget the inter service rivalry over combat uniforms and develop universal combat, armor, aircrew uniforms. We might save enough to strengthen our training, buy a weapons system, or build up our forces. I was in the Air National Guard, my brother went into the Navy submariners. He and I were talking by telephone, he said it was so cold and asked me to send my surplus Air Force parka to him. I sent it and he used it on deck watch. Other crew members borrowed this ideal parka for deck watch. The next time we talked, he praised the parka and said it was a shame he did not have the NSN so e could order more of these parkas. I told him the NSN was on the label in the collar. He made out a requisition and submitted it thru channels. It got as far as base supply, then it was cancelled, the explanation was that this was an Air Force item, the Navy had a similar item and they would have to order that. The fact that this was not as warm, was not considered! Why develop multiple items, for each service, or occupation unless there is good reason, and and equal protection by each item.

CSM Brian Woodall Sergeant Major; I'm not sure if America has "out grown" the draft or has simply lost the courage to implement it. However, in either case the Selective Service is an agency/program which is NOT being used for anything even remotely useful and could be eliminated with a stroke of the pen without causing any difficulty at all.

IF America needed to draft people, then the SSNs could be used (and the draft would have to be for all numbers between two full SSNs (which would eliminate those older and/or younger than the desired age range range) not just "the last two" or "the last three" (which would catch the newborns and the aged).

You have to remember that all those individual service committees studying the same items of kit are absolutely essential to national security because they provide employment to a fairly large number of people with skill sets that would be almost impossible to replace if there was actually any need for them.

My sister served in the AIR FORCE then when her time was up she was out