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?
Responses: 257
Men vote and enter the draft. Women vote. Each is worth 1 vote. Why does one gender pay for the privilege with blood?
PFC Charles Rankin
I meant everyone.
Yes. No. Wait!
Yes - because we should have been this whole time.
No - since we moved to an all-volunteer service decades ago, *no one* should have to register and it seems like an unnecessary cost to maintain the Selective Service System and all its associated offices/personnel (yep, they do exist).
But wait! We could translate the system into a National Service System that incorporated AmeriCorps and the Peace Corps (and additional administrative support for each) and require all 18-25 year olds to complete a national service period in one of the three elements (PC, AC, or active military service) for 2 years + training time.
Yes - because we should have been this whole time.
No - since we moved to an all-volunteer service decades ago, *no one* should have to register and it seems like an unnecessary cost to maintain the Selective Service System and all its associated offices/personnel (yep, they do exist).
But wait! We could translate the system into a National Service System that incorporated AmeriCorps and the Peace Corps (and additional administrative support for each) and require all 18-25 year olds to complete a national service period in one of the three elements (PC, AC, or active military service) for 2 years + training time.
I believe that we should have a National Service where everyone, male and female, serves for a 2 year period in some capacity. It could be in a conservation corps, helping inner city kids, repairing our infrastructure, Job Corps, Peace Corps or the military. It is important in a democracy that everyone takes a part, and shares in the responsibility, of maintaining our freedom. The burdens of war and peace should not not be shouldered by the few but by all.
SGT (Join to see)
I could not agree with this statement more! This would be a simple solution to some of our inner city problems plus get some kids actually into the world. I know many foreign countries already have this and they have even relaxed their requirements, such as hair and beards. This is a great idea!
They sure should. In today's environment of equality of the sexes, all citizens of the United Sates and its territories upon reaching the age of 18 should be required to register for the draft (selective service).
Yes. Simply for equal opportunity. If there are women that want those coveted combat arms positions, and treated fairly in those, then require registration for selective service.
YES!!!! If women are being used in the military and want equal rights then they should have to adhere to the same rules as the men!!!!
SGT Jim Z.
SSG (Join to see) So if a woman does not register she is ineligible for Federal Student Financial Aid as well.
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Absolutely!!!! What's fair is fair... Women have fought so hard to be looked at as equals and to be treated as such... Therefore they also need to be held to the same standards and face the same consequences as the men... PERIOD!!!
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