Posted on Feb 2, 2016
US Military Leaders Support Having Women Register for the Draft
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RP Members I think this is great news and should be enacted immediately.
U.S. military leaders on Tuesday told lawmakers that women should be required to register for the draft the same way men do.
"I think one of the questions we have to address now is registering for the Selective Service," Sen. Claire McCaskill, a Democrat from Missouri, said during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing to discuss the military's integration of women into ground combat units.
McCaskill said the 1981 Supreme Court decision to exempt women from registering for the draft was directly related to the restrictions in place that prohibited women from serving in direct combat units such as the infantry.
"The purpose of the registration was to prepare for a draft of combat troops," she said. "Since women are excluded from combat, Congress concluded that they would not be needed in the event of a draft and therefore decided not to register them."
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter changed all that in December when he reversed centuries of U.S. military tradition with the historic announcement that all military occupational specialties would now be open to women.
U.S. military leaders on Tuesday told lawmakers that women should be required to register for the draft the same way men do.
"I think one of the questions we have to address now is registering for the Selective Service," Sen. Claire McCaskill, a Democrat from Missouri, said during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing to discuss the military's integration of women into ground combat units.
McCaskill said the 1981 Supreme Court decision to exempt women from registering for the draft was directly related to the restrictions in place that prohibited women from serving in direct combat units such as the infantry.
"The purpose of the registration was to prepare for a draft of combat troops," she said. "Since women are excluded from combat, Congress concluded that they would not be needed in the event of a draft and therefore decided not to register them."
Defense Secretary Ashton Carter changed all that in December when he reversed centuries of U.S. military tradition with the historic announcement that all military occupational specialties would now be open to women.
US Military Leaders Support Having Women Register for the Draft
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I think it's fine to add the registration requirement for women. If the US finds itself in a national security situation that is believed to be bad enough that it is necessary to start drafting people, than citizens of all genders should be expected to defend their country. Same thing if the American people decide to institute a peacetime draft. If peacetime service is deemed important enough to draft people than all citizens should be considered.
Given the mistrust of government that exists particularly in terms of believing their justifications for war, I think it would be very difficult for congress to reinstitute the draft. But should they do so, I support all genders being registered and also a minimum of types of deferments allowed.
Given the mistrust of government that exists particularly in terms of believing their justifications for war, I think it would be very difficult for congress to reinstitute the draft. But should they do so, I support all genders being registered and also a minimum of types of deferments allowed.
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COL Mikel J. Burroughs
LTC (Join to see) I agree with your assessment. I think the all volunteer service programs are working, along with our National Gaurd and Reserve units. Let's hope we never have to have the draft for any future conflicts. If we do it would have to be World War III! That is day I hope that I never see or my children, and so on!
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MCPO Roger Collins
That has been my position for a long time and have stated it here time and again. In a real shooting war on a global basis, there is little time to go out and find suitable conscripts to fill the need to protect the homeland. It is like an insurance policy, seldom used but when it is needed, the cost is high if you don't have it.
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Why isn't registration automatic? let's just make it a step to get your first drivers license and be done with the whole thing for both sexes.
Doubtful that the draft will ever be reintroduced in my lifetime.
Doubtful that the draft will ever be reintroduced in my lifetime.
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