Posted on Nov 10, 2013
Should women of military age now be required to register for the Selective Service Program (Draft)?
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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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I believe every young person should be required (or at least highly encouraged) to enlist in our Armed Forces (or some alternative) for some period. It would be a wonderful thing for us alll to be thanked (and thankful) for our service, to say nothing of the maturing factor involved. JFK had it right: Ask what you can do for your country....
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I say 100% YES! We are at the point of equal rights, I have been saying for 15 years that we should have all females registering for Selective Service. I do not understand at this point why they are not required to.
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There is already a discussion on the topic here:
https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/military-draft
and here:
https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/should-women-of-military-age-now-be-required-to-register-for-the-selective-service-program
https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/military-draft
and here:
https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/should-women-of-military-age-now-be-required-to-register-for-the-selective-service-program
Should women be required to register with the Selective Service upon turning 18? | RallyPoint
Should women be required to register with the Selective Service upon turning 18? Bonus: Why or why not?
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I think it would be good to have women play a role some how in selective civil service and volunteer if they wanted into none combat roles. Might have to put some stipulations like not having children.
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Why the stipulation of no children? The military does not involuntarily separate females who become mothers or bar enlistment to those females who are already mothers so why make such a stipulation?
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As a woman, no one had to 'register' me for me to serve. I agree though with several that say that Selective Service has run it's course.
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As this is a volunteer force, I'm sure that if the law didn't say that males HAD to register, they would have still chose to serve. You are missing the point. The point of the question was not to suggest that one must register to serve, the point is since male only mos's are now being open to females, then should females (who aren't serving) be subjected to the same law that they be registered under selective service. In my opinion, if allowing females in male only mos's is about equality, then females should be held to the same standards as males, to include registering for selective service. You can't choose to be equal in some parts, and not in others because it's convenient. If you dot want all aspects of equality, then don't complain that things aren't equal.
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Yes, Women should have to register for the selective service just like registering to vote.It is a duty not a right.
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<P>A lot of other countries do, Why not, Some of the best Pilots and Snipers the Soviets had in WWII were Female. Isrealis seem to be doing pretty good with the program if I am not mistaken. Time to ditch our Puritanical Heritage and move into the 21st Century. From personal experience Most Pull Ups I've seen done were by a Female Cryptologic Technician Marine. 2 of the best runners that I ran against as a 5K Runner were my two female LT Geeks with Degrees in Communications and Computer Science.</P>
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In my opinion, NO. But my opinion goes farther than this. I don't believe we should have a "selective" service registration system at all. Such a mechanism can only serve to bring us one step closer to the compulsory service known as the "draft", which is nothing more than a pseudonym for another idea, more simply recognized as "slavery".
If we are to have a Voluntary Force, which I believe we should, then there is really no room for a registration process for "selective service."
If we are to have a Voluntary Force, which I believe we should, then there is really no room for a registration process for "selective service."
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