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Posted on May 17, 2021
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SFC Joe S. Davis Jr., MSM, DSL
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Thanks for the informative share
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SFC Kelly Fuerhoff
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Honestly they should just scrap it. It doesn't provide any kind of service. But if they're going to keep it, make women register since there's no longer combat exclusion policy.
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SFC Kelly Fuerhoff "Honestly they should just scrap it. It doesn't provide any kind of service."
Can you provide some context or expand on that statement, please?
As the Draft is especially FOR providing servicemembers to the nation when not enough volunteer. So the very design and intent of the Draft conflicts with your position stated unless there is more to your point.
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I agree with the last part of your comment. Yes women should now have to register just men do.
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SFC Kelly Fuerhoff
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SGM Erik Marquez - Technically we haven't had a draft since Vietnam.

From the above:

"In addition to including women, the commission recommended that policymakers take steps to make the military Selective Service fairer and more transparent so registrants understand their service obligations. Wada said the panel found that the largely automatic system of registration has led to some not knowing what it’s for. More than half of 16- to 24-year-olds surveyed by DOD in 2019 weren’t aware the military Selective Service is to draft forces during a national crisis, the commission found."

Most people don't even know it exists.

"Sens. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Reps. Peter DeFazio, D-Ore., and Rodney Davis, R-Ill., introduced bills (S. 1139/H.R. 2509) last month to phase out the Office of Selective Service Records, saying it requires $25 million annually to ready the nation for a draft that hasn’t occurred in almost 50 years.

If we get to the point we have a war that an all volunteer force can't sustain fighting- we're probably screwed. It's likely then nearing the end of this experiment and it's everyone for themselves.
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Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen
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Seems kind of dumb not to have them register. Back when we last drafted there were few women in the military and none in combat positions. Today we have all that, so if we're going to keep a draft on the books it only makes sense to have everyone register when they turn 18.
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