Can the US Military Draft your First-Born Son?
Sir, there is currently no draft. What rock are you living under? Yes, he is eligible if they reinstate the draft. But don't worry I am doing my job as a Marine to make sure your precious snowflake wont have to serve.
Can an only son be drafted into war?
I am the only male son of my parents, and the last remaining male (and last remaining person) in my direct family line (From grandparents to parents to children; excluding aunts, uncles, cousins, etc.) I know I have to REGISTER for the US Draft, but I heard that, if you were the last remaining, or were the only son born into your direct family line, that you had a choice if you wanted to serve if you were drafted. What I mean is, that if I were drafted, that I would (supposedly) be given a choice to go to war or not. I was just asking to see of this is true, or not. And, while we're on the topic, I was wondering if you can fail the psych evaluation by having ADHD, mild Dyslexia, Avoidant Personality Disorder, and/or sociopathic tendencies. NOTE: I am not seeing if I can get out of serving, if a war breaks out; I would choose to serve, but I am worried about the second question, if I would fail the psych evaluation. Thank you for any/all (honest) answers. Thank you for reading!
I’m an only child. Can I still get drafted into the military if it comes to that?
Each draft is done by lottery. Once you are registered, male, and your number comes up, your packet will go to the draft board. You will get a due process chance to appeal.Rules for activation of reserves and for being drafted are typically issued by Washington. There will be a list of automatic exclusions, such as critical jobs (eg, mayor or elected pilositions) and family situations. If they have listed “sole heir" as one of the reasons for exclusion from the draft, you can be excluded. It will largely depend on needs of the nation.
What were your odds of getting drafted into the US military at the height of drafting?
Going forward, pretty slim. It’s extremely unlikely we’ll ever need a draft again. If we had the same % of volunteers we had in WWII or Vietnam our military would be 3–6 times larger. We don’t actually have the capacity to grow the military by 3 times anymore. The world and technology are vastly different places. There won’t be another draft it just doesn’t really fit the realities of the modern world.If you’re talking about WW2 (probably the height of the Draft) the US had about 10% of it’s population in the military in WW2. We could never have that now, there’s no way to make enough jobs in our military for 30M people.Since more than 60% the people in the military in ww2 were volunteers you’re looking at less than 4% chance of being drafted. Obviously if you’re 18–22 and male you chances go way up but I have no idea how old you are or your sex so I went with the numbers over the population.If you’re worried about the future don’t be. If we had a world war there would be a huge increase in volunteers. We currently have less than .5% of our population in the military if we had even 1–1.5% volunteer (less than Vietnam level volunteerism) we would triple our military and we can’t do that like we could in ww2. Times have changed.
Can an only son be drafted?
ok so my boyfriend is crazy about joining the army, but can he do that if he is the only son out of four kids from his mother? his siblings are all sisters and none of them have joined the army.
US Draft Laws: Can my son be drafted if a draft is instituted?
YES...this is a quote directly from the website of "selective service" information (draft board). "Contrary to popular belief, "only sons," "the last son to carry the family name," and "sole surviving sons" must register and they can be drafted. However, they may be entitled to a peacetime deferment if there is a military death in the immediate family. Provisions regarding the survivors of veterans were written into Selective Service law after World War II. Details have varied over the years, but the basic premise remains the same; where a family member has been lost as a result of military service, the remaining family members should be protected insofar as possible. It is important to keep in mind that the provisions are directly related to service-connected deaths. The mere fact that a man is the only child or only son does not qualify him for deferment."
What is the oldest age someone can be drafted for military service in the USA?
What is the oldest age someone can be drafted for military service in the USA?As it normally stands during peacetime, it is presumed that if some type of national emergency should develop that requires initiating the draft, the Selective Service would be calling in registrants aged eighteen through twenty six.In the event that the situation becomes unusually dire, it is conceivable that those as old as perhaps forty five could be contacted, though I would imagine that some extra steps would be necessary to qualify potential draftees over the age of 26; a fairly large percentage would probably be found unsuitable for service of any type.Certain professionals could possibly be drafted at almost any age. Currently, enlistment or commission in general is limited to people under thirty years of age, but physicians of various types and lawyers can be commissioned as military officers at much later ages, often into their forties or fifties. I doubt this would change in the event of a draft. Presumably younger personnel would be deployed while older inductees would remain behind to staff installations not within the theater of operations.
If I am a single parent can I be drafted into the US military during wartime?
You're writing the story dude, you must decide.In reality, there is currently no draft and probably will not be another one for centuries (I'm exaggerating a bit). The US Armed Forces (and as usual I assume that you're talking about the US) are well manned by an all-volunteer force - they are capable and efficient and the largest and most powerful military on Earth. There is no need to draft people who don't want to join, they will not add any benefit. The augment will only increase cost and drain needed resources.The US would have to face an imminent and immense force to require the reinstatement of the draft. That just doesn't seem very likely in the near future; so there probably will be no draft for like the next 50 years.Another reality check: if there is a draft I'm sure they'll issue waivers and deferments for special conditions (like they did in Vietnam). I'm sure they won't enlist deaf and blind people. I also don't expect people with other disabilities to be drafted. Individuals with crucial jobs; like cops, teachers, scientist, doctors, government officials, they'd all get deferments from enlistment. So I'm gonna guess most single parents with custody will also be waived from enlistment.However like I mention earlier, this is your story. You make it happen like you want it to happen. You already established a draft, so why not send your protagonist to war? You control the scenario, it says what you want it to say. What do you want your protagonist to experience? When writing a novel, don't let something like reality stop you.
What's the age limit for a military draft in the United States?
Adding to what has been offered previously-Prior to the lottery system, you were in the pool from ages 18–26, unless you obtained a deferment. The deferment didn’t exempt you from the draft, it delayed your time in the pool, day for day, until age 36 (IIRC).When the lottery system was implemented, deferments became harder to get, but you were only in the pool one year, the year you turned 19. The Selective Service announced early in the year how deeply into the pool they expected to draft, so if you had a high number you felt safe, if your number was low you could plan accordingly, and if your number was close to the expected boundary you had to make some decisions.The draft ended sometime after 1972. The infrastructure for rapidly expanding the army has pretty much been dismantled. So don’t worry too much about being drafted.
How did the military draft operate during the Vietnam War?
The draft for the Vietnam War began in 1969 and continued through 1976. All young men between the ages of 18 and 26 had to register at their local selective service board. A container holding 366 plastic balls that listed every birth date for a complete year was used to conduct a lottery (they needed 366 for leap years). For 1969, the first date picked was September 14. So all young men born on September 14 between the years of 1944 (age 26) and 1950 (age 18) were assigned lottery number 1. The lottery picks continued for 1969 until all the birth dates had been assigned a lottery number. This same process was repeated for years 1970 up through 1976.If the military did not have enough volunteers for any given year, the government then used that list of lottery numbers to call up lottery numbers in ascending order until their quota had been filled. These drafted young men were ordered to report to the induction centers for further processing. Some of the lucky young men were able to qualify for a limited number of deferments that were issued by the selective service board that could disqualify them from military service, or delay any military service for a certain amount of time.At the induction center, those draftees often found two lines of young men as they walked in. Someone there would tell each man to either to go to the line on the left or the line on the right. What they didn’t tell those young men was that one of the lines was for the Army and the other line was for the Marine Corps. During Vietnam, only the Army and Marine Corps were drafting young men because the Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard had enough volunteers. When you are drafted, you could not choose which service you would serve in.The only good thing about getting drafted was the fact that you only had to serve two years on active duty instead of the minimum of three years for those who volunteered. Also, no matter how you ended up in the military, if you got sent to Vietnam, you usually only had to serve no longer than one year in country.In my case, because I had a low lottery number, I applied for a college deferment to finish my studies so that I could serve as an officer in the military after graduation.