DO YOU THINK OBAMA WILL REINSTATE THE DRAFT?

Now Whe is an American it is his duty to at least sign up for the call of duty . So if He reinstates the draft he would have to register for the draft as well.I think men who are 18 in high school have to do this.

Selective Service is a $250,000 fine and up to five years in prison. Failure to register will cause ineligibility for a number of federal and state benefits including:

FEDERAL JOBS

A man must be registered to be eligible for jobs in the Executive Branch of the Federal government and the U.S. Postal Service. This applies only to men born after December 31, 1959.

STUDENT FINANCIAL AID

Men who are not registered with Selective Service cannot obtain Federal student loans or grants. This includes Pell Grants, College Work Study, Guaranteed Student/Plus Loans, and National Direct Student Loans.

CITIZENSHIP

The U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) makes registration with Selective Service a condition for U.S. citizenship, if the man first arrived in the U.S. before his 26th birthday and was required to register.

FEDERAL JOB TRAINING

The Workforce Investment Act (formerly JTPA) offers important job-training opportunities. This program is only open to those men who register with Selective Service.

STATE JOBS, LOANS, AND TRAINING

Most states have added additional penalties for those who fail to register with Selective Service.

STATE DRIVER'S LICENSE LEGISLATION

As of May 16, 2002, 19 states, 2 territories, and the District of Columbia have enacted driver's license laws supporting Selective Service registration. They are Oklahoma, Delaware, Arkansas, Utah, Georgia, Hawaii, Alabama, Florida, Colorado, Texas, Louisiana, Illinois, Ohio, South Dakota, Mississippi, Idaho, Virginia, Wisconsin, New Hampshire, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the Virgin Islands.

What is the Draft?

For more than 50 years, Selective Service and the registration requirement for America's young men have served as a backup system to provide manpower to the U.S. Armed Forces.

President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 which created the country's first peacetime draft and formally established the Selective Service System as an independent Federal agency. Even before this, our country has a long history of drafting citizens to serve in the armed forces.

From 1948 until 1973, during both peacetime and periods of conflict, men were drafted to fill vacancies in the armed forces which could not be filled through voluntary means.

In 1973, the draft ended and the U.S. converted to an All-Volunteer military.

The registration requirement was suspended in April 1975. It was resumed again in 1980 by President Carter in response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Registration continues today as a hedge against underestimating the number of servicemen needed in a future crisis.

The obligation of a man to register is imposed by the Military Selective Service Act. The Act establishes and governs the operations of the Selective Service System.

If a draft were held today, it would be dramatically different from the one held during the Vietnam War. A series of reforms during the latter part of the Vietnam conflict changed the way the draft operated to make it more fair and equitable. If a draft were held today, there would be fewer reasons to excuse a man from service.

Before Congress made improvements to the draft in 1971, a man could qualify for a student deferment if he could show he was a full-time student making satisfactory progress toward a degree.

Under the current draft law, a college student can have his induction postponed only until the end of the current semester. A senior can be postponed until the end of the academic year.

The changes in the new draft law made in 1971 included the provision that membership on the boards was required to be as representative as possible of the racial and national origin of registrants in the area served by the board.

Before the lottery was implemented in the latter part of the Vietnam conflict, Local Boards called men classified 1-A, 18 1/2 through 25 years old, oldest first. This resulted in uncertainty for the potential draftees during the entire time they were within the draft-eligible age group. A draft held today would use a lottery system under which a man would spend only one year in first priority for the draft - either the calendar year he turned 20 or the year his deferment ended. Each year after that, he would be placed in a succeedingly lower priority group and his liability for the draft would lessen accordingly. In this way, he would be spared the uncertainty of waiting until his 26th birthday to be certain he would not be drafted.

Rep. Charley Rangle (D) NY is the only knucklehead to bring it up on the Floor. Then the left would claim it was Republicans because they were too stupid to know that Rep. is the abbreviation for Representative when addressing a Member of Congress. There was even an idiot asking if the Dem member in LA caught with the $90 grand in his freezer would bring down the evil Bush/Cheney regime because all the papers refereed to him as Rep. Jefferson LA in this forum. God loves the challenged!

They could, they have the numbers in both houses to pass it. Obama would be in a freaking pickle if he did that. It would be a nuke to a 2nd term.

You have to actually be drafted before you get classified. Disabled and illegal aliens 18-25 (the age brackets for now) are even required.

Guys getting out before they are 26 also have to register. They did the same thing after WWII. I found my Dads 1945 registration and classification cards. What was strange about that is he had a discharge not just a separation from active duty.

Back then they started with 21-35 went to 18-45 for the draft with guys up to 64 having to register.

Edit: Rangle did it again? The man is nuts!

The conditions in the world will dictate whether or not a draft is needed. If at anytime we need more military than are volunteering a draft will happen! It would not be the same draft as in the past. It will have to be more fair!

Both men and women will have to be eligible for a draft in the current age! College deferment could only be used to the person currently in college to the end of the semester! Pregnancy of females would only keep the female out until 6 weeks after the child is born! Economics could not be used, like rich kids are not exempt. Coast Guard or National Guard Service could not replace regular service! IF there is a draft it will have to be across the board!

it won't be a question of if, it will be a question of when...

when is another country/dictator/idiot going to pose enough of a threat to warrant another military action...

We're already spread so thin that if there were an event like Pearl Harbor, we'd be screwed worse than a 20 dollar hooker on 1/2 price night...

The draft would go into effect overnight, that's why the registration was maintained over the years...

as for who would be chosen? It would depend on how bad the situation was and how many people they needed...

My grandfather was drafted twice, once for Korea and once for VietNam...I don't know if the conscientious objector thing would hold water, and I'm not sure if being a flaming Gay would work either...

I think if things got ugly, everyone would ae to do their part, including the women here to work in the factories to help with the war effort.....

Don't worry, WW III is a little further down the road yet...

The only way the draft will be reinstated is if we go into a world war or we are invaded.They will go after the 19 to 24 year old males first then raise the age only after our military is depleted.Yes you can dodge the draft by going to college or moving to canada.

Obama can't reinstate the draft on his own, it would take an act of Congress. Anyway, there is no reason for a draft right now because we are still meeting our quotas and there is no reason to have a mass increase in numbers right now. Chances are, Obama is going to cut the defense budget, so there goes the money to train, house, and pay (expecially if they got the same benefits as volunteers) an influx of draftees.

He already encourages a "draft" concept of his own which exchanges a meager $4,000 a year in tuition assistance for "public service" - which can include military service.

H.R. 393, which is sponsored by Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY), would reinstate the draft for anyone 18 to 42, male or female, attending college NOT an exemption from the bill. With Democrat majorities in both houses and a Democrat in the White House...it is possible.

good now the draft isn't an option. i think it replaced right into a mistake to fully drop it first of all. it would depart us with lots greater suitable option for people to serve. Nam vets weren't nicely taken care of and color did no longer make numerous distinction. For those people who've served a log time interior the service is conscious its no longer the colour of someone's pores and skin that counts it the guy it rather is wearing that pores and skin that counts. there won't be a draft now yet that does no longer advise it is not reinstated sometime interior the destiny. choose of the rustic is what counts

Unless we were at global war there is no need for a draft. Currently there is not enough barracks, instructors, equipment for there to be a draft. The Navy is down to 1 location for Boot Camp and that can take up to a year to go through.

not a chance in he**. He is a peaceful man a not a war monger...Havent you learned anything over the election campaign?

Just for the record, Canada does not accept ALL draft dodgers. But we took in about 28,000 during the Vietnam War.