I did find out that Westmoreland passed in July of 2005...
The reasons I was asking is the mandatory draft at that time, all men had to sign up, so Carson used the ROTC for this purpose, and then used that maybe to go into medical school with paid education?
I am in no way support Carson, my man is Trump 100% but what I am supporting is America is better than to have a vile media that is ruining some peoples lives...I don't care about the color of you skin, I don't care about your belief in God, but what I do believe in is the Reputation of America, and as Americans I feel we all need to take down these people and rags that print this vile and disgusting dribble...America is the Greatest Nation on Earth and She doesn't need this type of trash in her borders...
>> The reasons I was asking is the mandatory draft at that time, all men had to sign up, so Carson used the ROTC for this purpose <<
Two points:
1. Carson’s ROTC service was in high school. That was a totally different situation from Bill Clinton’s attempting to use ROTC membership at the University of Arkansas to get a draft deferment.
2. I don’t think Carson was an ROTC student during his university days. But it wouldn’t seem to matter for purposes of the current discussion, because after he got to Yale, I think Carson was eligible for a student deferment until such deferments ended in 1972. Alternatively, he may simply have lucked out with a good lottery number.
>> and then used that maybe to go into medical school with paid education? <<
The draft was replaced with the all-volunteer concept in 1973 — just about the time Carson was entering med school. So the chance of being drafted probably was not a factor in his choice of career path.
Oops, should have read your next post. Apologies.