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re: Did you sign up for the draft when you turned 18?
Posted on 9/26/18 at 1:38 pm to Prominentwon
Posted on 9/26/18 at 1:38 pm to Prominentwon
No, I joined the Army when I was 17.
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Posted on 9/26/18 at 2:02 pm to CreoleJoe
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we ever get to the point where we’re drafting 45 year olds, the world wouldn’t be worth living in.
a lot of What is posted on OT is false.
Currently only up to 25 register.
35 was high age during Vietnam.
No draftees since1973.
Back then there was a lottery too. Each birth Date had a place from 1 to 365.
I was 364.
Posted on 9/26/18 at 2:27 pm to Prominentwon
Yes I did. Then I enlisted in the U.S. Army six months later.
Posted on 9/26/18 at 2:28 pm to Prominentwon
Yes.
Posted on 9/26/18 at 2:29 pm to Prominentwon
When I hit and 18 was ready to sign up, I discovered it had already been done a month before.
I assume my counselor thought I was a malcontent little shite who would just not do it for the lulz.
I assume my counselor thought I was a malcontent little shite who would just not do it for the lulz.
Posted on 9/26/18 at 2:35 pm to Prominentwon
yes. my lottery number was 64 in 1973, and i was expecting to be drafted in July. We started pulling out of Viet Nam in February and they stopped the draft. saved me from saying "eh" the rest of my life.
actually, i was set to join the navy at a moment's notice.
actually, i was set to join the navy at a moment's notice.
Posted on 9/26/18 at 2:38 pm to kciDAtaE
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There is no draft
[/img]Posted on 9/26/18 at 5:33 pm to Prominentwon
Back in the 60s you had 30 days from your 18th birthday. It was a big deal to stay current in school or you were drafted. My lottery # was 355 so I had little chance of getting drafted. But I do regret not enlisting after college.
Posted on 9/26/18 at 5:37 pm to Prominentwon
I signed up with the Coast Guard to get my hands on those sweet, sweet student loans.
Posted on 9/26/18 at 5:39 pm to CreoleJoe
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we ever get to the point where we’re drafting 45 year olds, the world wouldn’t be worth living in.
Meet me at Sonic you son of a......!!!
Posted on 9/26/18 at 5:58 pm to upgrayedd
1/26/81 damn I'm old.
Posted on 9/26/18 at 6:00 pm to Prominentwon
Yes, then a year later I joined.
Posted on 9/26/18 at 6:00 pm to Prominentwon
Yes
Posted on 9/26/18 at 6:09 pm to Prominentwon
08/29/1995 Frick me where has the time gone
Posted on 9/26/18 at 6:15 pm to Prominentwon
I was told when I turned 18 I had to sign up in order to get a government job, get student loans and get a driver's license. You pretty much have to.
Not entirely sure but I think the highest age the draft has ever gotten was 25 or 26.
My grandfathers were 10x the men I am because if I got drafted I can't say for sure I wouldn't move to Canada. frick getting shot at
Not entirely sure but I think the highest age the draft has ever gotten was 25 or 26.
My grandfathers were 10x the men I am because if I got drafted I can't say for sure I wouldn't move to Canada. frick getting shot at
This post was edited on 9/26/18 at 6:19 pm
Posted on 9/26/18 at 6:19 pm to cattus
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Yes in '88. Hit the books hard when the Gulf War broke out.
Do you realize there was no draft in 1990/91?
You draft dodging commie fricking hippy, go frick a Canadian!!!
Posted on 9/26/18 at 6:22 pm to goldshellback
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Most, if not all, of the jobs I've applied for in the last decade have asked for my Selective Service number.
I would have no idea where to find that
Posted on 9/26/18 at 6:24 pm to Prominentwon
I'd already been through boot camp by then.
Posted on 9/26/18 at 6:25 pm to Prominentwon
I didn't have to. They suspended registrations before I turned 18. When they resumed registrations, it applied to men born on or after January 1, 1960, which didn't apply to me.
Posted on 9/26/18 at 6:26 pm to tss22h8
Joined the corp when I was 17
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