Military Draft System To Be Tested

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Man, I am so out. And I feel like so old right now...

ah come on. you and erekose can get that free health care you two always want. and steven can join up with you.

Nah, that's quite alright. I rather pay for it and continue to live a little...

i figure some would rather it be free instead of going and earning it

Hate to burst your bubble, pal, but unlike many others, I wasn't born free.

I fought for and earned my freedom.

at what, 10 years old? that's when the wall came down.

ah come on, join up. get that health care you always wanted

Come on, now. You can do the math. Had I been 10 years old when the wall came down, then I would be 27 today. I responded to your comment that one can join up as long as one is younger than 38 that I am so out. That does suggest, then, that I am not younger than 38, no? I was actually in my 20's when we took the Wall down. That was a little over 17 years ago

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Stop winking at each other, guys Some may get the wrong idea....

[Ban Hammer 14,674]

Man, I am so out. And I feel like so old right now...

ah come on. you and erekose can get that free health care you two always want. and steven can join up with you.

Nah, that's quite alright. I rather pay for it and continue to live a little...

i figure some would rather it be free instead of going and earning it

Hate to burst your bubble, pal, but unlike many others, I wasn't born free.

I fought for and earned my freedom.

at what, 10 years old? that's when the wall came down.

ah come on, join up. get that health care you always wanted

Come on, now. You can do the math. Had I been 10 years old when the wall came down, then I would be 27 today. I responded to your comment that one can join up as long as one is younger than 38 that I am so out. That does suggest, then, that I am not younger than 38, no? I was actually in my 20's when we took the Wall down. That was a little over 17 years ago

oh you're that old? i always pictured you in your late 20's for some reason. hey you're still young enough to join

and just for gupt's entertainment

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Man, I am so out. And I feel like so old right now...

ah come on. you and erekose can get that free health care you two always want. and steven can join up with you.

Nah, that's quite alright. I rather pay for it and continue to live a little...

i figure some would rather it be free instead of going and earning it

Hate to burst your bubble, pal, but unlike many others, I wasn't born free.

I fought for and earned my freedom.

at what, 10 years old? that's when the wall came down.

ah come on, join up. get that health care you always wanted

Come on, now. You can do the math. Had I been 10 years old when the wall came down, then I would be 27 today. I responded to your comment that one can join up as long as one is younger than 38 that I am so out. That does suggest, then, that I am not younger than 38, no? I was actually in my 20's when we took the Wall down. That was a little over 17 years ago

oh you're that old? i always pictured you in your late 20's for some reason. hey you're still young enough to join

Yeah, I am THAT old.

Feel like in my 20's, though.

and just for gupt's entertainment

Absolutely!

[Ban Hammer 14,674]

Yeah, I am THAT old.

Feel like in my 20's, though.

get some grey hair then and get with the program

[RaspberrySwirl 20]

Man, I am so out. And I feel like so old right now...

ah come on. you and erekose can get that free health care you two always want. and steven can join up with you.

Nah, that's quite alright. I rather pay for it and continue to live a little...

i figure some would rather it be free instead of going and earning it

Hate to burst your bubble, pal, but unlike many others, I wasn't born free.

I fought for and earned my freedom.

at what, 10 years old? that's when the wall came down.

ah come on, join up. get that health care you always wanted

Come on, now. You can do the math. Had I been 10 years old when the wall came down, then I would be 27 today. I responded to your comment that one can join up as long as one is younger than 38 that I am so out. That does suggest, then, that I am not younger than 38, no? I was actually in my 20's when we took the Wall down. That was a little over 17 years ago

oh you're that old? i always pictured you in your late 20's for some reason. hey you're still young enough to join

Yeah, I am THAT old.

Feel like in my 20's, though.

and just for gupt's entertainment

Absolutely!

I'd take that as a compliment, I suppose.

Gupt,

::wink wink nudge nudge::

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

oh you're that old? i always pictured you in your late 20's for some reason. hey you're still young enough to join

I am late 20's. Perhaps you were mistaking him for me.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Statement from the Selective Service System, right on their homepage:

NO DRAFT ON HORIZON!

Currently there is a flurry of newspaper articles about Selective Service planning to conduct an exercise of its field structure in 2009. However, the public should not be alarmed. No draft for the military is about to be reinstated. Rather, Selective Service is planning to test its policies, plans and procedures as it has done routinely over the years if resources are available. Given the decline in agency funding, this exercise may be postponed again as it has been in the past. As always, Selective Service continues to do its job of being ready to conduct a draft and to manage a program for civilian alternative service for men classified as conscientious objectors when directed by the Nation’s elected officials: the president and Congress.

http://www.sss.gov/

That's what I was wondering...

[Ban Hammer 14,674]

oh you're that old? i always pictured you in your late 20's for some reason. hey you're still young enough to join

I am late 20's. Perhaps you were mistaking him for me.

no, i've seen pics of et. he looks late 20's. you're still an enigma.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

oh you're that old? i always pictured you in your late 20's for some reason. hey you're still young enough to join

I am late 20's. Perhaps you were mistaking him for me.

no, i've seen pics of et. he looks late 20's. you're still an enigma.

And staying that way

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Yeah, I am THAT old.

Feel like in my 20's, though.

get some grey hair then and get with the program

Not a chance. I'm losing the hair befor it gets a chance to turn grey.

[Ban Hammer 14,674]

oh you're that old? i always pictured you in your late 20's for some reason. hey you're still young enough to join

I am late 20's. Perhaps you were mistaking him for me.

no, i've seen pics of et. he looks late 20's. you're still an enigma.

And staying that way

but i do have an idea of what you look like

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Well in a few years I might look like one of my old bosses (whom I doctored with Photoshop)

Edited February 2, 2007 by erekose

[Reba 2]

he left before retirement (ex-wife insisted that he leave the military for her. then she left him ) But they did come knocking after 9/11 when they were looking for soldiers with combat experience to go to Afghanistan. At the time however he was undergoing cancer treatments, so he didn't go.

I believe they did raise the cut off age to 42 for new enlistees didn't they?

[DeadPoolX 9]

he left before retirement (ex-wife insisted that he leave the military for her. then she left him ) But they did come knocking after 9/11 when they were looking for soldiers with combat experience to go to Afghanistan. At the time however he was undergoing cancer treatments, so he didn't go.

I believe they did raise the cut off age to 42 for new enlistees didn't they?

That's a cut-off age of 42 for new enlistees -- that doesn't say what the cut-off age is for draftees. Being drafted and voluntarily enlisting are two very different things, as I'm sure everyone here knows. Therefore, the age limits on both might be different. I scanned that article and didn't find any mention of what the age cut-off was for being drafted. So that's very interesting. Either they don't want to report it, or they don't know for sure themselves (i.e. they may be in the process of changing it).