Posted on 02/04/2016 6:23:42 PM PST by SJackson
I'm not sure you have it quite right here. He might have received his draft notice (="been drafted") and decided to tough it out (which would have been for only two years); or then elected to enlist in the Air Force instead, which would then have been for two years longer, but with much less likely direct exposure to combat, and perhaps an opportunity to learn a trade useful after discharge.
If so, SJackson's statement would be correct. In either cases, his/her father would have served with honor, not as a draft dodger, as one might infer from your reply.
Draft dodgers went to Canada, or stretched out their time in a college or grad school someplace. Like Bill Clinton.
I spent six years in the Army National Guard as a citizen soldier in the in-between years after Korea but before Vietnam, always taking the chance of being summarily called in as a unit directly into combat should the need arise; but with an Honorable Discharge Certificate at the end.
That also was a proof against being drafted, if you enlisted in the Army or Air National Guard for a certain commitment, rather than taking the chance of "winning" in the draft lottery.
Your draft classification went from 1-A to 4-A by this step. For me, that was 60 years ago.
I did 20 months in 1969-70.
I remember the bee quarantines a few years back.
I spent nine years in the Navy to avoid getting drafted for two. :=)
Either your dad was drafted OR he enlisted in the Air Force — pick one. If he had been drafted, he would have spent two years in either the Army or possibly the Marine Corps.
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I enlisted in the A.F. in July 1963 and served with draftees in the A.F.
When recruiting goals were not met, various branches received draftees.
Eat what you kill. It’s not legal to sell it in Texas. You harvest it, it’s yours.
That said, combine venison and feral hog with the right spices - heaven. CWD is a concern in some parts.
Then they stopped the draft before my number was called. Imagine that!
Well I went in anyway and served 4.
Hunting FReepers, I am a city girl who loves to eat yummy wild animals (ok, just the kosher ones). Last night I was sitting in an emergency dentist’s office in pain, watching one of those cooking shows on the tv in front of my chair. The contestants came in and were told to dress in duck hunting clothes provided for them. Then they were brought by bus to a lake with ducks. I got so excited. I thought mainstream tv was doing something so bold, so cool. Bring down your own duck and then cook it deliciously. I was so exited though my Fog of Pain.
But no, they were only supposed to net some rubber ducks with ingredients written on them on that lake. SO DISAPPOINTING. I would have watched that show every season if it went that cool.
Because every animal those cooks sauté or grill was killed by someone. It would have been so cool.
Counting Reserves, my ratio was 11 to 2. (Forget how to do a smiley sticking his tongue out...)
But back on topic, I must be just another redneck omnivore because I really can’t decide if I like venison more than elk more than speedgoat more than....hmmmmmm.
All this has done besides getting to tell Sea Stories again is remind me to check the freezer.
I do believe the grandkids went outta here the other day with an awful lot of grocery sacks and I suppose Grandma’s been restocking them again with the stuff I just laid by this fall. Damn.
well we hunt for pelts and to control varmints on farms...and we use dogs ...and as always you some are going to call me a creep and a mass murder....and a animal abuser twice over because I am sure some of you think i abuse the dog to get it to abuse the wild game....by the way we use mountain curs and blackmouth curs some of the first AMERICAN hunting dogs breeds...I am very proud of this and the dogs we run....ya we run them we actually let them go...and we really have no control of them and sometimes they trespass...tried to teach one to read but heck I can hardly read
“Because you can’t grill it, until you kill it.”
Oddly enough hunters are the deer’s best friend. The Texas Game and Wildlife Commission do great work. They analyze each area of the State to determine how many deer that area can sustain dependent on yearly food supply. They then issue enough deer tags to kill a certain number of deer. Thus they keep the deer at the optimal population level each year.
Hats off to the Texas Game and Wildlife Commission. They do a great job and we hunters are their friend.
Always exceptions to the rule.
My buddy was drafted during the last lottery of the Viet Nam era.
He tried to enlist in the USAF and USN but couldn't pass the physicals because of a birth defect that left him knock-kneed and pigeon toed (kinda-sorta "ran" the 100 yard "dash" in 18 seconds as a personal best) - the Army welcomed him with open arms.
His father went to his Congress Critter and he was finally allowed to enlist in the USAF instead of reporting to the Army. He ended up spending 20 honorable years.
At any rate, he was actually drafted but ended up in the AF.
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