It only takes one draftie that doesn’t want to be there to eat up way too much of the CoC’s time that could be better spent elsewhere.
And the draft as an issue is what the left wants. They want the draft so they can relive the 60’s.
And why the Army lets in single moms is a PC issue. Single dads with custody are almost as bad - but also PC. Women being allowed in the Infantry will also be a PC issue.
I joined the Army in 74 and served with a number of folks who were drafted that had reenlisted. I have now problem with folks who are drafted.
I do take issue with the left because they want the draft for political reasons - not readiness.
For or Against the Iraq War it would have been very differnt if it was fought with a draftie Army with protests on all the college campuses.
The last draft ran continuously from 1940 through 1973 (except 1948), and WWII was almost all draftee in the army, and a large portion of the navy and marines.
This military is going down hill quickly because of the need to fill the ranks with females and moms and grandmothers, it is also growing too expensive.
I was in the Army before you, I would much prefer serving with a few draftees than what I started seeing in the 1980s, me and other older vets saw things that blew our minds.
We need more manpower, we have zero bench depth, these small military actions since 9/11 have pushed our tiny military to the limits and exhausted it, a major war will grind us down within weeks or months.