Including Women Is Not The Right Next Step For Selective Service

PFC Lisa McDonald - how does it LET you the voter say you want or don’t want to go to war? That is not true in shape or form
You may elect all the people you want to say no to going to war but that doesn’t it won’t happen

Having had to register for the draft way back when ( I cheated and enlisted to have my choice), the only draft that would be acceptable to me is a random selection, so there isn't a vast majority of poor and minorities, as there was during Viet Nam. NO college student waiver or any other waiver (other than a 4F or the sole surviving child). EVEYBODY PLAYS! rich and poor alike. Empty the prisons of all non violent felons (other than drug dealers or those convicted of manufacturing drugs) with the stipulation they must serve on Active duty, the same number of years left on their sentence. Open this to discussion?

PO2 Dan Shulla - Your statement about a vast majority of poor and minorities doesn't hold water. Check the facts of who was serving in Viet Nam.

Good point Ma'am.

This is true. But the youngest one has already been offered a commission. She is a biology major and pre-dental

Sgt Jonathan Joye - Warrant Officers in the Army do not require a degree to be commissioned. Nor do Limited Duty Officers or Chief Warrant Officers in the Navy. The Marine Corps can commission an enlisted man for exceptional merit without a degree. Just thought you might like to know.

Sgt Jonathan Joye - It's all good. Warrant Officers in all services have been commissioned since 1986 (Defense Authorization Act). The following is the list of requirements for Warrant Officer from the goarmy.com webpage (I draw your attention to the first bullet):
Requirements
Do you have what it takes to become a Warrant Officer? Applicants for the Warrant Officer Candidate School and Warrant Officer Flight Training program must:
•Have a high school diploma.
•Be at least 18 years old at the time of enlistment and not have passed their 33rd birthday at the time of selection (for aviators) or their 46th birthday for all other specialties. Age waivers are considered on a case-by-case basis.
•Be a citizen of the United States.
•For WOFT Candidates only: Achieve a qualifying score on the Selection Instrument for Flight Training (SIFT). SIFT test results are valid indefinitely, as long as verifiable official records exist. No waivers are available for failure to meet the minimum SIFT score.
•Earn a General Technical score of 110 or higher on the Armed Forces Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB).
•Have at least 12 months remaining on their enlistment contract.
•Meet the Army's screening height and weight standards and pass the standard three-event Army Physical Fitness Test (APFT) not more than six months before their application packet is boarded.
•Take a physical exam and meet entry medical fitness standards as determined by military medical authorities no more than 24 months prior to the date of application. Aviation applicants must also undergo a Class 1A Flight Physical Examination and have results approved by Flight Surgeons at Fort Rucker, Alabama, prior to the selection board. The Flight Physical must be less than 18 months old.
Additional Requirements For Technical Specialties
•Must complete MOS training
•Must complete appropriate Noncommissioned Officer Education System (NCOES) Leadership Courses
•Must have documented proficiency in specialty area
•Must meet prerequisite standards for specialty area

I also have 2 daughters. This would be hard for me even though my wife is a soldier.

Sgt Mark Ramos - there are many reasons why women haven’t been in the selective service. To start with many women have joined voluntarily over the last 90 years they needed women and women joined lots
The other reason was combat and the combat environment which Congress said no to for many years

SFC Robert Escher - You wrote that many women have joined voluntarily and therefore shouldn't have to register. How is that a valid reason? By that logic, men should not have to register as well.
You wrote that the other reason was the combat prohibition for women. That's actually one of the reasons why they should now register. As society pushes for men and women to be treated the same in all things, it's only fair and logical that they should be treated the same for selective service as well. Why should young women not have the same obligations and responsibilities of our young men if everything else is the same?

I didn’t say they didn’t have.but many did you need to think of the mindset 70 80 years ago. Women fighting in combat was unheard of and many people could not think of it due to many reasons. Many many women did volunteer and it was for a few years away from combat or in the US.
ARE YOU COMFORTABLE. With a women sitting next to you in a “foxhole”?
Politicians Families could not think just that as been mentioned here “ I cannot think of my daughters being in Combat”
So they weren’t involved in the SS system. What I did say that there were more than enough women that DID join that performed many jobs that released men to go into combat.
Do I support women in the SS system I think so

SFC Robert Escher - ok guys every time some is brough up there the foxhole thing. If your are in a combat zone and their someone else is in the fox hole are you going to worry about the person or the bullets flying over your heads. By the time the person male or female make it thru basic and the combat training they should be qualified to be in the fox hole too.