US Gov Draft? Our 19 yr old son just got a letter from the Fed Gov 'Selective Service System'

You are assuming all schools operate in the same manner.

If the paperwork was given to my son I never got it. More than likely it was tossed in the garbage before he made it home.

The only paperwork I did receive was for him to not be contacted at all by the US army, navy, air force for recruitment via cell or house phone. I signed that one immediately.

All of my sons had to. I don't think a guy can even go to college and some other restrictions if they do not sign up for selective service.

Nope, not any more

the rules have been changing and all the previous loopholes have been closed...

I have been following this closely for years

when the next draft begins, there will be no deferment for university this time, no exemption if you're gay (thanks to don't ask don't tell repealed) and the ages spoken of are 18-42

oh yeah, this time the selective service will probably include women and per some fairly high level debates, women may be sent to the front line as well

in fact, women are suing for the right to be on the front line:

Army Women Sue For Frontline Combat Roles

Jessica WakemanMay 24, 2012

Two female Army reservists are suing the government to overturn the ban on women in front-line combat roles. The women have pointed out that the ban will restrict their careers and affect future earnings, promotion, advancement and retirement benefits. Elsewhere in the military, the Pentagon has changed policies to open up 14,000 additional positions to women. [San Francisco Gate]

Also, a defense authorization bill proposed in the Senate today would authorize women for frontline combat positions. The proposal was offered by Senator Kristen Gillibrand (D-NY). [Huffington Post]

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Last Edited by IssueX on 12/04/2012 09:39 PM

You are free citizens no govt can tell you what to do..

You're supposed to do it when you turn 18

Its a law that all 18 year olds MUST register with the selective service BUT there is a way to make sure he doesn't get drafted.

Have him fill out the card & then across the middle write "Conscientious objector" across the middle in capital letters.

Get 3 high quality copies made.

Send one in the form a certified copy, return receipt requested to the office. They have a tendency to "lose" those kind of cards.

Send one to yourself, don't open it.

Have another one for your file & put the one you send to yourself in there along with the receipt you get from the selective service.

If they pull his name, they will see the objector status on there & he'll be passed over or they'll keep him stateside for menial tasks.

This is what we did for my son & he hasn't been bothered at all, even the recruiters quit calling him.

He didn't go to college.

that is very useful information, ty

I will pass that on to my friends who have draft age children

I know that our govt has signed deals with Canada, so there will be no easy escape into Canada to avoid the draft...this is not 1969

also, I wonder whether the Amish and Christian Scientists were still exempt

most of the other religious loopholes were being closed, last I checked

THANK YOU FOR THIS VALUABLE INFORMATION!!!

OP you are fucking retarded and proof this countries intelligence is dwindling by the day.

These should be the first to be sent over, and the ones who "check" tunnels, buildings, and other hiding spots.

First to go in, first to come back in a box.

These should be the first to be sent over, and the ones who "check" tunnels, buildings, and other hiding spots.

First to go in, first to come back in a box.

obama hates the traditional military.
He is developing his own private "civilian" force, all black and liberal and illiterate

Hum. Ouch. Didn't think of that! Yeap, all CO means is that you don't want to shoot anyone, doesn't stop you from getting drafted. Who wants to go to a war without a gun?

Are you saying "should" or "would"?

Never sign this and I graduated in early 90's. My brothers graduated in the 80s - never signed anything like this.

Love the "conciencious objector" statement

thinking you can ignore wars or drafts when you live in the country with the world's most powerful military, one that intervenes all over the world on a regular basis, is foolish. i'm guessing your son's letter may have awakened you to that.

about last sentence of your original post -- owning property in canada doesn't gie you the right to live here. and living here doesn't execmpt your son from selective service laws unless he renounces his citizenship and (presumably) never returns to the us again.

+1

Right, they also like drafting boys whose parents do this:

"The only paperwork I did receive was for him to not be contacted at all by the US army, navy, air force for recruitment via cell or house phone. I signed that one immediately."

Since they put themselves on the Do Not Call list, the Army doesn't have to deal with the parents ever again, even if their kid is drafted and dies. They can read about it in the news with everyone else, or if they're not that observant, they'll figure out something is wrong when it dawns on them he should have been home from the war by now.

They havent bothered anyone who registed in the last 40 years since the law. There has been no military draft since Vietnam.

And if there is and you object to war, I would not go at all. No stateside service either. The military has been known to test chemical & nuclear weapons on those objectors. Fill out the draft card, just dont go in if ever called up. They may or may not round up all the objectors.

That would be the 600 or so from the district of criminals. The wars are illegal and deserve no support.

Thank you.

And you're fucking proof that your intelligence is dwindling by the day for taking the time to read and reply to this thread.

The US-Israeli cooperation act is a form of slavery. Alot of american soldiers will die as Israel steals more land.

WAIIIIT WAIT WAIT

So you're telling me all American men must sign a waiver that basically means they can be insta-drafted at any time, for any reason?

Hah, you guys are fucked. Nation of meat shields for the NWO.

I hope you poor bastards like Syria!!

OP, bet it's addressed to your son's name in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS.

It's addressed to a straw man, a legal fiction

not your flesh-and-blood son.

If he responds to it, he admits that he is the legal fiction. He is then bound to whatever demands they place upon him.

Don't join yourself to the fiction.

HEY LEFTIES

LET'S HEAR YOU SCREAM

WARMONGER!! COWBOY!!

JUST LIKE YOU DID

WHEN BUSHY SENT OUR BOYS OFF TO DIE IN NO-WIN WARS!

OBAMMY WANTS YOUR BOYS TO DIE!!!

Bah, some problems are worth not blindly following goverment orders.

They can and do tell you to pay taxes!