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Ecthy · June 6, 2002, 00:46

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MrFun · June 6, 2002, 01:26

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Originally posted by Ecthelion
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You just figured that out??

I'm trying to figure out how to fit the topic of the evil of Canada's plans with Canada Geese in all of this.

Zoid · June 6, 2002, 02:32

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Originally posted by Ethelred

Prior to the lottery system you never knew when or if you would be drafted as the US did not have a universal draft. The military only drafted enough to meet their needs. However the draft was so unpopular at that point the Marines had been forced by the rest of the military to take draftees just to spread the heat around to all the military.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 your a Marine, is the way I heard it was being done. That was bad. The Marines should never have draftees. Its bad for the morale of the Corp and thats not good for what is supposed to be a fairly elite part of the military.

When they went to the lottery you had one year that you might be drafted and you knew your number. Mine was 177 and they though they would get to 175 that year so I wasn't sure and I was not a full time student then. They only got up to 150 something though. More volunteers than they expected. Some of the voluteers were people that knew they were destined to have their number come up because it was low.

The US now has an all volunteer military. Thats much better for morale and the US can go back to being a largely civilian nation as it had been for most of its history. Volunteers make better soldiers at least when you don't need everyone you can get.

It also upsets us civilians less when the military has to fight. They all volunteered for it and there is no draft to protest. There is no doubt in my mind that if we didn't have a draft there wouldn't have been nearly as much protesting over the Viet Nam War. Shortly after they stopped sending draftees to Viet Nam the protesting went way down and US politics became less volitile.

OK, thanks for the in-depth info

Immortal Wombat · June 6, 2002, 12:24

I can't decide whether I'm glad my thread was so successful, or irritated that it has descended into a discussion about military homo-erotic fantasies

Boris Godunov · June 6, 2002, 12:28

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Originally posted by Immortal Wombat
I can't decide whether I'm glad my thread was so successful, or irritated that it has descended into a discussion about military homo-erotic fantasies

I want to hear more about that place near the stern of the Yorktown II where a sailor supposedly could go to be, *ahem,* "serviced" by one of his shipmates...