Registering for the Draft (US)

Sunkist said:
Neither of these kept one of my uncles from getting drafted during WW II.. not that he tried to avoid the draft.. and he was 38 yrs. old.
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During WWII, I bet they took just about anyone who wasn't actively dying.

I tried to enlist during the Vietnam war but I was rejected; 4F on account of the mild form of spina-bifida; but we were at the tail-end of that one, and I'm sure all the top generals knew it. My oldest brother enlisted in the air-force and made it a career, 2nd oldest was at Stanford U, and of course my younger bro was too young.

I'm pretty sure today the cut-off age is 35, for both draft and enlistment. I might be wrong, idk.
 
Rider77 said:
Folks this isn't something new. Check the facts. Even though there is no current draft, there has been a requirement for registration with selective service that continued when the draft was stopped back in the 70's.
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I think registration was halted for a few years until the early 80s. I never had to register.
 
Rider77 said:
Folks this isn't something new. Check the facts. Even though there is no current draft, there has been a requirement for registration with selective service that continued when the draft was stopped back in the 70's.
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I know in the past there has always been a requirement for registration with selective service for young men, but the guys registering did it themselves, the government didn't automatically register them like they are wanting to do now.
 
Coconut said:
I am curious about the date on that. I did not see a date.
Do you know if that is a recent thing? or has it been that way for awhile?
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"Almost all men who are 18-25 years old and live in the United States must register for Selective Service."

Above is a quote from this site -> USA.GOV, and if you scroll down the page, it says "LAST UPDATED: August 27, 2025"
 
Della said:
Good reason to opt for bicycles and public transportation. Less need for gasoline, less need for wars, less need for young men as cannon fodder.

I would think that by now young women would be just as eligible for the draft as young men.
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Not that I want them to force women, but this is highly unfair. Especially with all the feminism and equal rights talk.

In Ukrain the men were not allowed to leave the country after a certain time when the war started. A preacher fled just in time. But the women could just take their time and move to other countries.

In Holland they wouldn't dare. Nobody is going to offer up their sons. Piss off. Equal rights. Your daughter doesn't have to go. Neither does my son.
 
I graduated from the Univeristy of Florida on Aug. 30th, and that old biddie at the draft board, Violet T. Boggs, was all over me like a duck on a june bug and immediately re-classified me 1-A. My "Greeting" letter ordering me to report for induction on November 25th was dated November 3rd. I had figured it was coming and had been talking to the Air Force recruiter already.

I did not want to be humping a ruck and an M-16 through the rice paddies and the jungle as an Army grunt. So I signed up for the Air Force on November 24, 1969, and I guess my draft board had to take the next poor schmuck on their list instead of me. Then just one week later on December 1st, 1969 the lottery numbers came out and mine was 298. If I just could have made it for 2 more months I would never have had to go in.
 
It has been a decades long requirement as pointed out in this thread.
Young men were required to register they needed to do it on their own. My sons did it was not that big of a deal.
If you did not it effected your ability to get student loans etc.

It seems these days everyone wants things done for them automatically, so they do not have to be proactive or responsible at all. why would this be different?
 
Trade said:
I graduated from the Univeristy of Florida on Aug. 30th, and that old biddie at the draft board, Violet T. Boggs, was all over me like a duck on a june bug and immediately re-classified me 1-A. My "Greeting" letter ordering me to report for induction on November 25th was dated November 3rd. I had figured it was coming and had been talking to the Air Force recruiter already.

I did not want to be humping a ruck and an M-16 through the rice paddies and the jungle as an Army grunt. So I signed up for the Air Force on November 24, 1969, and I guess my draft board had to take the next poor schmuck on their list instead of me. Then just one week later on December 1st, 1969 the lottery numbers came out and mine was 298. If I just could have made it for 2 more months I would never have had to go in.
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My brother went to the doctor and asked if he could write that he was crazy and he did.
 
Automatic draft registration has been happening for years. This is nothing new. This (most?) US states require a drivers license be renewed at age 18. A few I know personally told me they received a notice of draft registration right after renewing their licenses at that age.

The draft has been inactive for decades. We shall see if it is reactivated.
 

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Pepper said:
Wrong. Grandchildren.
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During WWII Germany drafted Dutch men for work and the military. They went into hiding and dressed up as girls. What's the difference between an occupier and your own country that tries to force you. I'd go hide or move to another country. Insanity. And it's always Americans who may risk their lives for the whole world. When Trump got his people away from Syria years ago, they started to make comments here. I was like: Good for them.
 
KSav said:
For years I labored under the misconception that a single son, although he must register, cannot be drafted. (Something about being sure there is someone to carry on the family name.) I was always so relieved thinking my own son could not be sent off to war.

Turns out that's not true.
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I had the same misconception KSav. I wonder if that was true once, then was changed. :unsure:
 
smiley said:
It's a different story when you love your president and all his party and believe in his philosophies of life but what if not??
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If I lived there with my sons I'd go on a holiday to whatever, Africa maybe and not come back. If Holland would force them to fight when Russia attacks I'd also go to Africa or something. But you have to defend your country! That is always said by some older Dutch woman online who never fought a day in her life and never had to go in the military.

We didn't even fight in WWI (we were neutral), nor WWII because impossible and now all of a sudden some Dutch Karen whines about the youth nowadays who don't offer up their lives to protect her. Then I say: Why don't you go into the military? And I often see this same response from other parents.
 
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